Shanghai registers slight increase in February box volumes
China’s Shanghai port has registered a small increase in container throughput for February compared to the year-ago period, according to data from Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG).
Box volumes for last month were recorded at 2.65m teu, inching up 2.3% from 2.59m teu seen in February 2015, SIPG data showed.
On a month-on-month comparison, however, February volumes fell by 19.7% from 3.3m teu handled in January this year.
In the first two months of 2017, Shanghai port moved a total throughput of 5.95m teu, up 1.1% compared to 5.53m teu posted in the same period of last year.
根据上海国际港(集团)公司(SIPG)的数据显示,2017年2月,上海港集装箱吞吐量较去年同期略有小幅增长。2017年1-2月,上海港集装箱吞吐量总计为595万TEU,同比2016年1-2月份集装箱吞吐量增长1.1%(2016年为553万TEU)。其中,2月份完成集装箱吞吐量265万TEU,同比2016年同期增长2.3%,但同比2017年1月份下降19.7%(2017年1月份上海港集装箱吞吐量330万TEU)。
来源:Seatrade Maritime News