Shenzhen retained its position in the world as the fourth largest container port behind Singapore, Shanghai and Hong Kong, as it posted a record breaking throughput of 21.10 million TEU, up 14.24 per cent year on year, Xinhua reported.
Shenzhen had 197 international container services by the end of 2007, an increase of 29 compared with 2006. The south China port handled 298,400 ships in 2007, the report said.
Statistics from the Shenzhen port authority show the port handled 199.1 million tons of cargo, up 13.28 per cent. Foreign trade cargo volume came to 152.7 million tons, rising 20.4 per cent.
Container throughput of Shenzhen is expected to grow to 23 million TEU and total cargo volume to 218 million tons in 2008, the report said.
In 2007, Shenzhen's Yantian International Container Terminals (YICT) contributed 9.31 million TEU to the port's total, an increase of 12.23 per cent year on year. Chiwan Container Terminals (CCT) contributed 6 million TEU and Shekou Container Terminals (SCT) 5.03 million TEU, increasing 14.1 per cent and 17.20 per cent respectively.
Shenzhen port had been expanding and added five deep-water berths in 2007, including one in SCT, two in YICT and two in Dachan Bay.
Shenzhen port also boosted the construction of port highways to smooth the flow of port transportation. Meanwhile, port operators in Shenzhen were keen to expand the feeder service network and cargo sources. The South China Shuttle Service network, launched by Shenzhen western port areas of CCT and SCT, has been expanded to cover 15 cities in Guangdong and neighbouring areas with 21 container feeder services, the report added.
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