Hong Kong container ports handled 1,910,000 containers in June, up 4.6％ over a year earlier. Taking the first six months of this year together, the container throughput went up 1.3％, to 10,747,000 containers.

The Port Development Council said the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals recorded a throughput of 1,210,000 containers last month, a 10.4% increase over a year earlier. Nevertheless, the throughput of other terminals went down 4.1%, to 700,000 containers.

Taking the first six months together, the throughput of Kwai Tsing Container Terminals went up 11.1% over the same period last year, with 6,842,000 containers handled. Other terminals, however, recorded a 12.2% decline, with a throughput of 3,905,000 containers.

Compared with the May figures, the number of containers the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals handled in June grew about 2%, while other terminals saw a rise of 2.9%.