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Shanghai container volumes up 4.9% in April

The Chinese port of Shanghai has registered higher container throughput in April compared to the year-ago volume, according to statistics from Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG).

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

May 8, 2017

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Shanghai, the world’s busiest container port, recorded throughput of 3.28m teu in April, representing an increase of 4.9% from 3.12m teu in April 2016, data from SIPG showed.

Last month’s volume, however, dropped by 4.6% compared to 3.43m teu seen in March this year.

From January to April 2017, Shanghai port posted a total throughput of 12.67m teu, an increase of 8.7% from 11.66m teu in the same period of last year.

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Lee Hong Liang

Asia Correspondent

Singapore-based Lee Hong Liang provides a significant boost to daily coverage of the Asian shipping markets, as well as bringing with him an in-depth specialist knowledge of the bunkering markets.

Throughout Hong Liang’s 14-year career as a maritime journalist, he has reported ‘live’ news from conferences, conducted one-on-one interviews with top officials, and had the ability to write hard news and featured stories.

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