Hutchison Ports, the world’s leading port investor, developer and operator, announced at its 50th anniversary cocktail reception that it has achieved a cumulative global throughput of 1.3 billion TEU – the world’s first operator to have achieved such milestone. If those containers were to be lined up end-to-end, they would go around the earth almost two hundred times.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Eric Ip, Group Managing Director of Hutchison Ports, said, “Our story begins here in Hong Kong with a single berth, and Hong Kong remains the key hub for our global operations – our home base for grooming talent based here and overseas. Over the last fifty years, we have built a solid foundation and put in place a strong and balanced portfolio that is evenly distributed amongst all the regions, creating a portfolio that is resilient, especially in times of volatility.”
As the largest HK-based ports and logistics company with a workforce of more than 30,000 people worldwide, Hutchison Ports operates in 51 ports across 26 countries and handles 11% of global marine cargo trade, meaning one in nine containers shipped around the world has gone through one of its ports.
