Shenzhen container volumes to hit 28m teu by 2015

China's Shenzhen container throughput volumes are projected to increase about 5% annually over the next five years, a local government official said, Seatrade Asia online reports. Shenzhen port, located on China's southeastern coast, is expected to handle 28m teu of containers by 2015, up 5.5m teu compared to 22.5m teu recorded in 2010, according to Ma Yongzhi, deputy director of the transport committee of Shenzhen Municipality. Ma did not elaborate on reasons for the volumes increase. The Shenzhen Municipal Committee is already expecting Shenzhen to move higher throughput this year at 23.5m teu. The world's fourth busiest container port posted 6.9m teu of throughput in the first four months of this year, up from 6.6m teu in the corresponding period.