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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).

Lee Hong Liang, Asia Correspondent

March 10, 2017

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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.

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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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