Shanghai Aug cargo up 6.5pc to 3.31 million TEU y-o-y, up 1.2pc from July

Time:2016-09-14 Browse:84 Author:RISINGSUN
THE Port of Shanghai has posted a 6.5 per cent year-on-year increase in August container throughput to 3.31 million TEU, according to the Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG).

Shanghai port also saw improvement to its box volumes on a month-on-month comparison, rising 1.2 per cent from 3.27 million TEU handled in July.

From January to August 2016, the world`s busiest container port achieved a total throughput of 24.47 million TEU, marginally higher than 24.25 million TEU posted in the same period last year.