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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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July 17, 2006
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Cargo

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June container throughput up 3.8%
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Port
Bustling port: Hong Kong container ports handled more than 2 million containers in June, up 3.8% over a year earlier.

Hong Kong container ports handled more than 2 million containers in June, up 3.8% over a year earlier. Taking the first six months of this year together, the container throughput went up 6.6%, to 11.4 million containers.

 

The Port Development Council said Kwai Tsing Container Terminals handled 1.31 million containers last month, an 8.7% increase over a year earlier. The throughput of other terminals went down 4.3%, to 700,000 containers.

 

Taking the first six months together, the throughput of Kwai Tsing Container Terminals - more than 7.4 million containers - went up 8.4% over the same period last year. Other terminals recorded a 3.4% rise, with a throughput of 4 million containers.