Most of Hong Kong's volume is from the container terminals at Kwai Tsing that handled 1.43 million boxes in September, an increase of 12.4 per cent over the same month last year. However, boxes handled by the other terminals in Hong Kong dipped 6.5 per cent to 410,000 TEU compared to 430,000 TEU in September, 2016.
Export and import container units surged in September with outbound containers totalling 687,000 TEU, a year-on-year increase of 13.1 per cent. Imports totalled 743,000 TEU, 11.7 per cent higher than in September last year.
The world's busiest port Shanghai handled 3.37 million container units last month.