The Chinese Port
of Shanghai maintained the title as the world’s
busiest container port in 2023 with a 3.6% increase in volumes. Container volume
at Shanghai Port exceeded 49m teu last year, 1.7 million teu higher than
the throughput in the year before last, an increase of 3.6%.
The
port area of Yangshan posted a container volume of 25m teu, an increase of
4.6% year-on-year, accounting for 51% of the total throughput of Shanghai
port last year. Shanghai port currently
offers over 320 liner services weekly to over 700 ports worldwide.