Hong Kong port fell out of the top five
- Author:Wendy
- Source:中国船检
- Release Date:2016-05-19
Recently, the Hong Kong Maritime Port Authority announced in April the port's container throughput data, fell 9.3% to 1.578 million boxes, this is the 22nd consecutive monthly decline.
Container throughput of Hong Kong in the first four months of this year dropped 11.2% to 5.915 million box. According to statistics, Qingdao port container throughput in the first quarter of this year to 10,000 boxes of advantage over Hong Kong, last month container throughput rose 3.94% to 1.518 million boxes, containers, it 4.6% to the first four months 5.946 million boxes.
Markets worry that Hong Kong competition law will exempt shipping liners are still unknown factors, coupled with the recent Union of container reshuffling, route planning or, most likely not linked to the port, a troubling prospect。
Meanwhile, data released by the Hong Kong maritime port authority also showed that in April this year, Kwai Tsing port container throughput fell 9% to 1.248 million boxes, mid-stream operations, public dock and inland water transport containers, it fell 10.3% to 330,000 cases. Kwai Tsing port container throughput, the first four months fell 11.1% to 4.68 million boxes, mid-stream operations, public dock and inland water transport containers-11.4% tired to 1.234 million boxes. Analysts pointed out that Hong Kong's container terminal congestion did not see relief, seriously affected their operating efficiency, coupled with slow global economic recovery, as a port Hong Kong port has been affected.