Shanghai Port container throughput up 3.6% in Jan-Feb

Shanghai Port, the world's busiest container port, saw its container volume rise 3.6 percent in January and February from a year earlier, data issued by the port's operator showed, reported Reuters.

Container throughput rose 13.1 percent in February from a year earlier, after falling 3.3 percent in January.

The monthly figures for the first two months of the year are skewed by the timing of the Lunar New Year, which fell in January this year, but February last year, making the combined figure for the first two months more useful for comparison.

Container throughput at the port rose 9.2 percent in 2011 to 31.7 million TEUs.