Interim Report 2023

11 INTERIM REPORT 2023 South-West region of Mainland China Zhanjiang Port (Group) Co., Ltd. handled a container throughput of 0.56 million TEUs, down by 5.1% year-on- year; and handled a bulk cargo volume of 44.41 million tonnes, up by 3.0% year-on-year. Taiwan Kao Ming Container Terminal Corp. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan handled a total container throughput of 0.82 million TEUs, representing a decrease of 25.4% year-on-year, which was mainly due to the decrease in transshipment business. Overseas operation In the first half of 2023, overseas container business basically remained stable, with outstanding performance in port projects in emerging markets. TCP Participações S.A. (“ TCP ”) in Brazil handled a container throughput of 0.57 million TEUs, up by 1.6% year-on-year. Container throughput handled by Lomé Container Terminal S.A. in Togo increased by 12.7% year-on-year to 0.81 million TEUs, which was mainly benefitted from the increase in the import and export cargoes. Container throughput handled by Tin-Can Island Container Terminal Ltd. in Nigeria was 0.14 million TEUs, representing an increase of 3.7% year-on-year. Port de Djibouti S.A. in Djibouti handled a container throughput of 0.37 million TEUs, up by 20.8% year-on-year, which was mainly benefitted from the adjustment of import goods structure in Ethiopia; and handled a bulk cargo volume of 1.88 million tonnes, down by 21.0% year-on-year, which was affected by the decrease in import of grains by the Ethiopian government. Container throughput handled by Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Ş irketi in Turkey was 0.68 million TEUs, representing a growth of 10.8% year-on-year, which was mainly benefitted from the increase in shipping routes; bulk cargo volume handled was 0.19 million tonnes, up by 430.6% year-on-year, which was mainly due to the increase in the construction materials business. Colombo International Container Terminals Limited (“ CICT ”) in Sri Lanka handled a container throughput of 1.59 million TEUs, down by 1.7% year-on-year. Hambantota International Port Group (Private) Limited (“ HIPG ”) handled a bulk cargo volume of 0.73 million tonnes, down by 8.3% year-on-year, which was affected by the decrease in the demand of construction materials; and its RORO terminal handled 319,000 vehicles, up by 19.9% year-on-year, which was mainly benefitted from the growth of transshipment business brought about by the new shipping routes. Terminal Link SAS handled a container throughput of 12.38 million TEUs, down by 4.3% year-on-year, which was mainly due to the impact of the decrease in the consumption demand in European markets as well as the Russia-Ukraine conflict.