Container throughput up

THE container throughput of Shanghai exceeded 3.08 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) last month, 82.4 percent of that in the same month of last year, a transport official said yesterday.

During the first four months, the city’s ports handled 15.35 million TEUs, up 1.8 percent year on year, said Li Guoping, an official with the Ministry of Transport. The city has seen its container throughput continue to recover this month, Li added. With its container throughput exceeding 47 million TEUs in 2021, Shanghai has ranked as the world’s busiest port for 12 consecutive years.