Cargo throughput at Port of Shanghai ranks first in world for four consecutive years

According to statistics recently issued by the Shanghai Municipal Transport and Port Authority, the Port of Shanghai had a cargo throughput of 582 million tons in 2008, an increase of 3.6 percent year-on-year, maintaining its position as the port with the most cargo throughput in the world for the fourth consecutive year. Container throughput rose 7.1 percent year-on-year to 28.006 million TEUs (twenty-foot container equivalent units), still ranking second in the world.
A total of 61,900 domestic and foreign ships were piloted through the Port of Shanghai during 2008, an increase of 2,100 ships year-on-year.