Hutchison Ports sees slight dip in half-year box figures
Hong Kong operator’s container throughput levels fell 1% to 40.6m teu in the first six months of 2018 against the same time last year. However, disciplined cost controls, favourable currency exchange and a diverse portfolio helped lift the group’s underlying performance, with revenues climbing 9%
Healthy volume growth in Europe was unable to boost Hutchison Ports’ overall traffic figures, as domestic and Chinese volumes disappointed in the first half of 2018