Shanghai Port Handles the Most Cargo in 2006

January 2, 2007 by Splatty  
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The Port of Shanghai received more cargo than any other port in 2006 after handling a record 537 million tonnes.
Via financialexpress.com:

This year’s figure was 21.2 per cent more than that for last year and accounted for 12 per cent of China’s total for 2006.

Shanghai Port handled 21.71 million twenty-foot-equivalent unit (TEU) containers this year, up 20.1 per cent from last year and accounted for 24 per cent of the country’s total for this year.

Not really a big surpise as Shanghai continues to become a financial and logistics hub for China.

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