HK January volume rises four percent to 2.06 million TEU

Figures from the Hong Kong Marine Department show the container port handled 2.06 million TEU in January, an increase of 4.1 percent over the 1.9 million throughput in January last year.

But it is down 2.7 percent in a month to month comparison against the 2.12 million TEU moved in December. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) reported a 13 percent year-on-year increase in January to 2.45 million TEU against January 2007's throughput of 2.1 million TEU. In January, Singapore suffered a 1.07 percent month-to-month drop from December's volume of 2.48 million TEU.

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