Year-on-year growth of 3.6%, Shanghai Port completed a container throughput of 32.14 million TEUs in the first eight months of this year
In the first eight months of this year, Shanghai Port completed a container throughput of 32.14 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%. At the Shanghai Municipal Government press conference held on September 12th, the reporter learned that the completion of various goals and tasks in the "14th Five Year Plan" for the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center is good, and major projects are progressing in an orderly manner.
To achieve high-quality development in the construction of international seaport hubs. The construction of the container terminal and supporting facilities in the Xiaoyangshan North Work Area, the first phase of the container terminal renovation project in the Luojing Port Area, and the construction of the Taicang to Situan section of the Shanghai Tongzhou Railway have begun. The second phase of the Dalu Line waterway regulation project and the Lingang collection and distribution center project have been completed. The strategic layout of Shanghai Port is steadily advancing along the coastal, river and inland ports. In 2022, the container throughput of Shanghai Port exceeded 47.3 million TEUs, ranking first in the world for 13 consecutive years. According to the Global Container Transport Connectivity Index released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Shanghai Port has been ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years.
Shanghai is accelerating the construction of a world-class aviation hub. The fourth phase expansion project of Pudong Airport is steadily advancing, and the construction of Shanghai East Station, the Oriental Hub, is underway. The Suzhou City Terminal of Shanghai Airport has been put into operation. The municipal government has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Eastern Airlines to support China Eastern Airlines in building an air transportation super carrier. Shanghai was awarded the Best Airport in the Asia Pacific Region with an annual passenger throughput of over 40 million by the International Airport Association for two events.
In recent years, the shipping service functions in Shanghai have continued to enhance. Shanghai Port has become the first large-scale port in China and the third in the world to have the ability to provide "ship to ship" synchronized bonded LNG refueling services. The first domestic shipping futures variety, the consolidation index futures, was listed and traded on the Shanghai International Energy Trading Center. Shanghai has entered the top ten most popular arbitration venues in the world for the first time. The Shanghai Maritime Court has for the first time adopted the legal reciprocity standard to recognize commercial judgments of British courts.
Moreover, Shanghai has launched a series of institutional innovations and achieved breakthroughs in environmental optimization. At present, the "single window" function of international trade has expanded to 16 major sectors and 66 items, supporting data processing of over 1/4 of the country's trade volume, becoming the largest local single window in the world's data processing scale. The pilot program for international container shipping companies to carry non five-star flag international vessels along the coast has been officially launched.