Shanghai moves higher box volumes in March

The Chinese port handled 2.96m teu of box volumes in March, an improvement of 3.1% over 2.88m teu recorded in the same period of 2013, data from SIPG showed.

Last month's throughput also shot up 34.3% from 2.21m teu recorded in February this year.

In the first three months of this year, Shanghai port posted a total throughput of 8.16m teu, up 4.5% compared to 7.81m teu seen in the corresponding period of 2013.

In 2013, Shanghai retained its title as the world's busiest container port with a throughput of 33.62m teu.