Hong Kong Q3 freight throughput down again

14/10/2008

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) reported significant falls in freight handled during September. A total of 221,882 tonnes and 661,505 tonnes was handled in September and the third quarter, representing a year-on-year decrease of 8.8 and 6.2 per cent respectively. Tonnage throughput for the first nine months of the year was 1,939,896 tonnes, representing a cumulative year-on-year growth of 2.3 per cent.

Export volume was 125,893 tonnes in september and 365,926 tonnes for the third quarter, representing a year-on-year decrease of 8.8 per cent and 6.2 per cent respectively. Export tonnage to Africa and the Middle East was bright spot registering a progressive year-on-year growth of 24 per cent and 18.2 per cent in the third quarter.

Hactl reported a total of 53,110 tonnes and 163,878 tonnes of import cargo was handled in September and in the third quarter, a significant year-on-year drop of 12.8 and 7.5 per cent respectively. Europe import cargo year-on-year was down a whopping 15 per cent in the third quarter. For the first nine months, the total import volume was 501, 892 tonnes, down 0,6 per cent year-on-year. Transshipment volume was 42,879 tonnes in September and 131,701 for the third quarter, an increase of 1.4 and 7.6 per cent year-on-year respectively. Total transshipment volume for the first nine months was 378,016 tonnes, up 13 per cent year-on-year.