Hutchison Whampoa's port and marine services arm has seen a 14% jump in full-year pre-tax profits to HKD8.2bn ($1.05bn).

Li Ka-shing
The Li Ka-shing-controlled conglomerate said revenues in 2011 were also higher, up 12% year-on-year to HKD32.5bn.

The Hong Kong listed company said it container throughput at its global operations was 75.1mteu last year, up 5%.

In the first quarter of 2011 the company booked a gain of HKD44.3m