Shanghai Port handled more than 5 million TEU in January
After becoming the world's first container throughput exceeded 50 million TEU port at the end of December last year, the port of Shanghai has created a new milestone in the beginning of the year. In January 2025, the container throughput of Shanghai Port exceeded 5 million TEU, breaking the historical record and creating a new high monthly throughput.
At the same time, the port of Shanghai insists on practicing "internal skills" to optimize the operation capacity of the wharf. In January 2025, SIPG completed the integrated operation and measurement of the production system of Shengdong Guandong Terminal (including Phase I, II and III terminals of Yangshan Port Area), promoted the sharing of shoreline and storage yard resources, large port machinery and equipment, operators and communication equipment of the two terminals, and further improved the overall operation capacity of Shanghai Port. It also provides strong support for the first month of the New Year to get off to a good start. In terms of enhancing business collaboration capabilities, Shanghai Port also takes frequent measures, including optimizing the business collaboration between the collection and distribution center and Yangshan Port Area, actively developing new models of empty containers and ICT (inland container hub), and continuously promoting the expansion of new businesses such as coastal piggy-back and cross-border e-commerce.
From the historical data, the port operation data in January is easy to get off to a good start. The last few times Shanghai Port broke the monthly container throughput record were in July 2024, January 2022 and August 2021. This is because the traditional peak season of the container shipping market is from July to October each year, and from December to January the following year.
According to industry insiders, because the Chinese Spring Festival is usually in January or February, many foreign trade enterprises will concentrate on completing orders and shipments before the Spring Festival, making the demand for goods transportation in January greatly increased. From the perspective of the global trade cycle, major economies such as Europe and the United States have the tradition of increasing consumption at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the port of Shanghai undertook some follow-up transportation tasks in the trade peak season at the end of the previous year, and the overall trade volume is at a high level.
Although January is the traditional shipping season, the monthly container throughput exceeded 5 million TEU, which is really surprising. The port is a "barometer" of foreign trade, and the performance of the port of Shanghai in the first month of the New Year also reflects the active degree of China's foreign trade and the strong resilience of the Chinese economy, laying a solid foundation for the stable growth of throughput throughout the year.
In 2024, the container throughput of Shanghai Port reached 51.506 million TEU, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years. As an international shipping hub node, Shanghai Port is an important engine for the construction of Shanghai international shipping center. The outstanding performance of Shanghai Port throughput will also inject strong momentum into the construction of an international shipping center in the New Year.
At the same time, the port of Shanghai insists on practicing "internal skills" to optimize the operation capacity of the wharf. In January 2025, SIPG completed the integrated operation and measurement of the production system of Shengdong Guandong Terminal (including Phase I, II and III terminals of Yangshan Port Area), promoted the sharing of shoreline and storage yard resources, large port machinery and equipment, operators and communication equipment of the two terminals, and further improved the overall operation capacity of Shanghai Port. It also provides strong support for the first month of the New Year to get off to a good start. In terms of enhancing business collaboration capabilities, Shanghai Port also takes frequent measures, including optimizing the business collaboration between the collection and distribution center and Yangshan Port Area, actively developing new models of empty containers and ICT (inland container hub), and continuously promoting the expansion of new businesses such as coastal piggy-back and cross-border e-commerce.
From the historical data, the port operation data in January is easy to get off to a good start. The last few times Shanghai Port broke the monthly container throughput record were in July 2024, January 2022 and August 2021. This is because the traditional peak season of the container shipping market is from July to October each year, and from December to January the following year.
According to industry insiders, because the Chinese Spring Festival is usually in January or February, many foreign trade enterprises will concentrate on completing orders and shipments before the Spring Festival, making the demand for goods transportation in January greatly increased. From the perspective of the global trade cycle, major economies such as Europe and the United States have the tradition of increasing consumption at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and the port of Shanghai undertook some follow-up transportation tasks in the trade peak season at the end of the previous year, and the overall trade volume is at a high level.
Although January is the traditional shipping season, the monthly container throughput exceeded 5 million TEU, which is really surprising. The port is a "barometer" of foreign trade, and the performance of the port of Shanghai in the first month of the New Year also reflects the active degree of China's foreign trade and the strong resilience of the Chinese economy, laying a solid foundation for the stable growth of throughput throughout the year.
In 2024, the container throughput of Shanghai Port reached 51.506 million TEU, ranking first in the world for 15 consecutive years. As an international shipping hub node, Shanghai Port is an important engine for the construction of Shanghai international shipping center. The outstanding performance of Shanghai Port throughput will also inject strong momentum into the construction of an international shipping center in the New Year.
