The China
Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has announced double-digit growth
in the container volumes both for home and abroad terminals, while it expects a
profit surge of 170% during the first half of the year.
CMPort saw a container throughput total increase of 21.3%
Firstly, CMPort
saw a container throughput total increase of 21.3%, in comparison to the last
year's corresponding period, by handling more than 66 million TEU until June.
In particular,
container traffic increased by 17% in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan,
while it rose by 36.4% overseas year-on-year. Additionally, CMPort's container
throughput has been significantly increased in West Shenzhen Homebase Port
(WSZ) and TCP Participações S.A. in Brazil.
Container volume growth the main driver of the significant rise of the
group's profits
This container volume
growth is expected to be the main driver of the significant rise of the group's
profits, marking a record increase of 170% in the first half of 2021, compared
to the same period of the previous year.