Timeline

1843: Shanghai port opens to the world

1949: Annual cargo volume reaches 1.94 million metric tons

1952: Annual cargo volume reaches 5.6 million tons

1978: Shanghai International Port Group launches container shipping business

1982: Annual cargo volume reaches 89.76 million tons

1983: Trade established with more than 160 countries and regions

1984: Annual cargo volume reaches 100.66 million tons

1994: Annual container volume reaches 1.2 million TEUs (Twenty-foot equivalent units)

1995: Central government approves decision to develop Shanghai into an international shipping center.

2003: Annual container volume reaches 11.28 million TEUs

2005: First phase of Yangshan Deep-Water Port completed

2006: Annual container volume reaches 21.72 million TEUs, SIPG is wholly listed in Shanghai

2010: SIPG launches overseas

terminal investment by acquiring 25 percent stake in Belgium’s Zeebrugge box terminal

2011: Annual container volume at Shanghai reaches 31.74 million TEUs

2014: Construction of Yangshan automated port starts

2015: SIPG wins bid to operate new Haifa port in Israel for 25 years

2017: Fully automated container terminal starts operating at Yangshan Port; annual container volume reaches 40.23 million TEUs at Shanghai