Port handles 6m containers

HONG KONG handled 6.15 million 20-foot containers in the first seven months of this year, up 22.4 per cent over the same period last year.

By contrast, Singapore handled 6.77 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in the first seven months.

Throughput at container terminals at Kwai Chung and Stonecutters Island was up 28.8 per cent, from 3.12 million TEUs to 4.02 million TEUs.