203,881 teu in one day: Shanghai rewrites port records

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Shanghai port set a new daily container throughput record by handling 203,881 twenty-foot equivalent units (teu), nearly 9% above the previous record. This confirms its status as the world’s busiest container port and indicates strong global shipping activity.

Shanghai has pushed its daily container throughput above 200,000 teu for the first time, setting another handling record at the world’s busiest boxport. The port moved 203,881 teu on August 1, nearly 9% above the previous record of 187,312 teu set on June 9. One operating shift accounted for a record 71,728 teu. To put …