According to the latest statistics
Port of Shanghai, the world’s busiest cargo and container port, saw both its cargo and container throughput hit new high in the first half of this year, according to the latest statisticsreleased by the Shanghai Statistics Bureau.
In the first six months,, the port’s cargo throughput grew 10.3% year on year to 353.17 million metric tons, including 163.37 million metric tons of foreign trade cargo volume.
The port’s inward cargo volume climbed 8.3% year on year to 221.29 billion metric tons in the first half, and outward cargo volume rose 14% year on year to 131.88 million metric tons.
The port’s container throughput was 15.32 million twenty-foot equivalent units during the period, up 10.5% year on year. The figure included 7.47 million TEUs of inward container throughput and 7.85 million TEUs of outward container throughput, 9.8% and 11.2% more than in the corresponding period of last year, respectively.
In 2010, the Port of Shanghai surpassed the Port of Singapore, becoming the busiest container port in the world. The port handled 29.07 million TEUs last year, 16.3% more than in 2009, and its cargo volume rose 10.4% year on year to 653 million metric tons.
Source: China Knowledge
