Hong Kong International Terminal, run by Hutchison and COSCO Shipping, has inaugurated fully automated operations at its Terminal 9 facility. While not the first port to do so, it is the first to do so while maintaining full operations. Port automation is rolling out slowly globally, with the efficiency component running into labor dispute issues in Europe and causing controversy in pay negotiations in the U.S. Hong Kong did not appear to have faced such issues, but there is a question as to how much increased capacity is needed. Throughput across all Hong Kong ports climbed 6% in the...