After almost two years of consecutive monthly declines throughput at the Port of Hong Kong saw a slight 3.5% rise in January increasing from a low base of 1.67m teu in January 2016 to 1.73m teu this year.
According to NMANA, volumes at the main Kwai Tsing terminals rose 3.6% to 1.33m teu from 1.29m teu previously while at the non Kwai Tsing terminals throughput rose 3.3% to 400,000 teu from 387,00 teu in the previous corresponding period.