Cargo throughput surges 42 per cent, prompting mainland officials to substantially upgrade the annual projection
Container terminals in Shenzhen continued to demonstrate their immunity to negative economic forces in the first half, with cargo throughput growing more than 40 per cent year on year.
The growth has prompted officials to substantially upgrade the annual volume forecast.
Almost 4.6 million teu (20-ft equivalent units) was handled at thefourterminals, which comprise the port of Shenzhen, up a comparative 42.29 per cent, according to the Shenzhen Municipal Port Bureau.
'The result is fine. Last month was a record month, with cargo throughput reaching 855,100 teu, up 39.24 per cent year on year,' bureau director Zhou Tianlin said.
The bureau had projected Shenzhen would reach the 8.5-million box mark this year, but adjusted its forecast after the first-half surge in goods.
