Hong Kong

Eric Kulisch Friday, January 3, 2020

Hong Kong tourism decline impacts air cargo capacity

The ongoing political strife in Hong Kong is not directly slowing shipping activity at the world’s busiest cargo airport, but could gradually reshape supply chains in unexpected ways.  A two-day occupation of passenger terminals at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in August didn’t physically impact cargo facilities or freighter-dominant carriers, and the airport quickly resumed […]

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Timothy Dooner Monday, August 12, 2019

What the Truck?!? Headhaul: Protests and ‘other bets’

On today’s episode, we’re talking about the Hong Kong protests with FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller, NY/NJ moving containers by electric truck, supply chain sustainability and Impossible Whoppers. We’re saying ALOHA in SONAR, thinking Big Deal Little Deal and so much more. Watch it HERE Subscribe now on your favorite podcast player of choice and watch […]

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, April 19, 2019

Hong Kong’s first quarter 2019 box volumes plummet

There has been a steep drop in the volume of box traffic handled at Hong Kong, one of the world’s busiest box ports. Containerized throughput at Hong Kong took a dive in the first three months of 2019 when compared to the first quarter of 2018, according to preliminary figures from the Hong Kong Marine Department. Box traffic was down, on average, by 10.2 percent in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018.

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