CSPs' overall throughput in November surges 10pc YoY to 8.4m TEU
Time：2016-12-20
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Throughput at CSP`s overseas terminals almost doubled to 1.3 million TEU from 758,700 TEU previously. The next best performing segment was the rapidly ramping up of China`s Southeast Coast region where volumes rose 16.9 per cent to 418,500 TEU from 358,000 TEU in November last year.
Meanwhile the bread and butter Bohai Rim and Yangtze River Delta regions also saw steady growth and recovery from previous months respectively. Throughput at the Bohai Rim region grew 4.5 per cent to 2.7 million TEU from 2.6 million TEU. The Yangtze River Delta region volumes rose 3.2 per cent to 1.6 million TEU from 1.5 million TEU in the previous corresponding period. This was the first month of positive growth for the latter region in the whole of 2016.
The other main cluster in the Pearl River Delta region continued its anaemic trend, with volumes almost flat from the previous corresponding month at 2.2 million TEU, Seatrade Maritime News reported.
There were big falls in the Hong Kong terminals of 17.2 per cent and 14.9 per cent at Cosco-HIT and Asia Container terminals respectively. However, this was offset by a 15.4 per cent rise at Nansha, where capacity is ramping up, and relatively still strong volumes at Yantian International Container Terminals where throughput fell just 3.0 per cent to 1 million TEU.
The previously booming Southwest Coast region saw a surprising 1.8 per cent downwards blip, moving 110,500 TEU compared to 112,600 TEU previously.