Photo: SIPG Shanghai port posted a new record container volume of 43.5m teu in 2020, retaining the title of the world’s busiest container port for the 11th year in a row.
The 43.5m teu volume in 2020 represents a small increase on Shanghai Port’s 2019 total container throughput of 43.3m teu.
Despite the continued Covid-19 outbreak and unstable international trading, Shanghai port maintained a strong performance in the past year. In July and October 2020, the port reported a container handling volume of 3.9m teu and 4.2m teu, representing a single month high; Yangshan port area hit a historical record and posted a container throughtput of 20m teu last year.