HUTCHISON Ports Thailand (HPT), the big port operator at Laem Chabang, reported a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in cargo volume in the first half, reports the Bangkok Post.
Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to US$132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Laem Chabang Port handled 7.6 million TEU in 2020, while Thai ports in total handled 10.5 million TEU, said the report.
Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to US$132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Stephen Ashworth, managing director of Thailand and Southeast Asia at hutchison Ports said HPT lifted three million TEU in 2020, giving it 30 per cent of the market in Thailand.
Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to $132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Hong Kong's Hutchison Ports is the parent company of Hutchison Ports Thailand. The company plans to increase its capacity to 6.75 million TEU over the next few years.
More than 500 ships used HPT's facilities in the first half this year, with ultra-large container vessels reaching a capacity of over 12,500 TEU.
HPT also handled the importation of MRT Blue Line trains and autonomous BTS Gold Line trains.
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Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to US$132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Laem Chabang Port handled 7.6 million TEU in 2020, while Thai ports in total handled 10.5 million TEU, said the report.
Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to US$132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Stephen Ashworth, managing director of Thailand and Southeast Asia at hutchison Ports said HPT lifted three million TEU in 2020, giving it 30 per cent of the market in Thailand.
Thailand's overall imports grew 26.2 per cent year-on-year by value in the first six months of 2021, while exports grew 15.5 per cent to $132 billion.
HPT said the increase was partly due to the servicing of ultra-large container vessels, which constituted 12 per cent of all vessels the company serviced in the first half.
Hong Kong's Hutchison Ports is the parent company of Hutchison Ports Thailand. The company plans to increase its capacity to 6.75 million TEU over the next few years.
More than 500 ships used HPT's facilities in the first half this year, with ultra-large container vessels reaching a capacity of over 12,500 TEU.
HPT also handled the importation of MRT Blue Line trains and autonomous BTS Gold Line trains.
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