Mike King, Special Correspondent | Oct 18, 2012 10:24AM EDT
The port of Hong Kong saw volumes fall 2.4 percent year-over-year in September, according to the latest figures from the Hong Kong Development Council.
Setting aside February 2012, which was disrupted by Chinese New Year, throughput of 1.95 million 20-equivalent-units in September was the lowest monthly total since March 2011.
September was also the port’s seventh consecutive monthly year-over-year decline, despite a pick-up in Chinese exports.
In the first three quarters of the year, Hong Kong’s total container throughput of 13.2 million TEUs is 3.9 percent lower than a year earlier.