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Hong Kong port container volumes rise 1.8% in November

Hong Kong port's container volumes continued to recover in November, rising 1.8% to 1.93m teu from 1.9m teu in November 2012.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

December 17, 2013

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Traffic at the main Kwai Tsing terminals rose 2.4% to 1.44m teu from 1.41m teu previously while growth at the midstream terminals was flat.

For the year-to-date however the troubles at the beginning of the year kept weighing down on the overall growth as cumulative growth fell 4.2% to 20.36m teu meaning Hong Kong's throughput will almost certainly fall below last year's 23.12m teu and lose out to Shenzhen for 2013.

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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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