Hong Kong-based terminal operator COSCO Pacific saw volume at 20 global ports in which it has stakes fall 4.8 percent in August, to 3.9 million TEUs. For the year, the company’s volume has fallen 7.7 percent,

to 27.9 million TEUs. COSCO’s terminals in Qingdao and Dalian in
northeastern China continued to be pillars of strength, with volume at
Qingdao up 3 percent to 844,000 TEUs in August. Volume at Dalian
terminals was up 4.5 percent to 418,000 TEUs.

Volume at the major Chinese ports of Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen
continued to lose ground in August, though COSCO’s port in the Nansha
container port in the West Pearl River Delta saw volume skyrocket 52
percent to 206,000 TEUs during the month.

The operator didn’t fare so well in Hong Kong, where volume at its
terminal dropped 21.5 percent to 130,000 TEUs. That was far below the
10.7 percent volume drop reported Tuesday by the Hong Kong Port
Development Council for the port as a whole, to 1.94 million TEUs.

Volume at Hong Kong for the year is down 16.6 percent, to 13.7 million TEUs.

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