Strong performance was driven by growth at its T009 facility in Jakarta, which saw a 35% rise in teu handled from 104,300 to 140,500 teu; this was mainly as a result of increased domestic cargo. At its Bejaia Mediterranean Terminals in Algeria container handling increased 23% from 98,000 120,340 teu.
“We were able to increase the volumes through our terminals notwithstanding the on-going global economic slowdown, due to the economic robustness of the countries where our terminals are found, said Takao Omori, CEO of Portek.
“These developing countries have shown strong economic resilience. We would like to believe that such economic resilience has also been aided by higher levels of port productivity which we have introduced at our terminals,” he said.
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