News / Hong Kong port loses a million teu as PRD undergoes a 'transformation'

Hong Kong’s container volumes fell by over a million teu last year, pushing the transhipment hub down to eighth place in the global container port rankings.

The port’s throughput fell 6.3%, to 18.36m teu, down more than 1.2m teu on 2018, according to figures from the Hong Kong marine department.

By comparison, Shanghai maintained its top position with a 3.1% increase in volumes, to 43.3m teu and second-place Singapore’s volumes increased 1.6%, to 37.2m teu. However, volumes at Qingdao leaped by 8.7%, ...