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Hong Kong October container volumes down 13% to 1.6m teu

The Port of Hong Kong continued its slide, with throughput falling 12.8% to 1.59m teu in October.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

November 19, 2015

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The rate of decline also increased from September’s 6.7% slide as the non-Kwai Tsing terminals saw a 14% drop in volume to 370,000 teu from 430,000 teu in October 2014.

The main Kwai Tsing terminals meanwhile saw throughput fall 12.4% to 1.22m teu from 1.39m teu in the previous corresponding period.

For the year-to-date, Hong Kong looks set to post a double-digit drop in throughput for the year with volumes already falling 8.7% to 17.05m teu so far and just two months left to go.

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About the Author

Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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