
In the first half of 2026, container traffic in the
port terminals of the CK Hutchison Holdings Group in Hong Kong is
amounted to 43.6 million TEUs, with a decrease of -1% compared to the previous year.
first half of last year. The only terminals that belong to
Hutchison Port Holdings Trust (HPH Trust), the listed business trust
on the Singapore Stock Exchange, which is 30.07% owned by CK
Hutchison, handled 11.7 million TEUs (+5%). Among the
other port terminals, which are operated by Hutchison Ports, which
is 80% owned by CK Hutchison, the terminals of CK
Hutchison in China and Hong Kong handled 7.1 million
TEUs (+6%), those in Europe 8.1 million TEUs (-1.2%) and terminals
ports in Asia, Australia and other regions of the world 16.7
million TEUs (-7.2%). The decline recorded in the latter area
was mainly determined by the stoppage of the
last February of the activities in the Panamanian ports of Balboa
and Cristóbal, managed by the subsidiary Panama Ports Company
(PPC), following the forced termination of concessions
determined by a ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama
(
of
30
January 2026). The Hong Kong group highlighted that,
excluding operations in Panama, in the first six months of 2026 the
overall traffic recorded an increase of +5%
attributable to the higher number of outbound containerized loads
from Yantian to the United States and the EU together with a +6% increase in
volumes in the Mainland China and Hong Kong segment, in
in the port of Shanghai, as well as a growth in the
+2% in volumes in the Asia, Australia and other regions.
In the first six months of 2026, the port division of the CK group
Hutchison reported revenues of $24.5 billion
Hong Kong (US$3.1 billion), up +3.9%
on the same period last year. Ebitda is
amounted to €10.6 billion (+4.5%) and operating profit to €7.4 billion
(+3,8%).