WORLD'S BUSIEST PORT EXPECTS TO GROW AT 10% ANNUAL CLIP FOR THE NEXT 5 YEARS...

Published: July 2011      

Shanghai expects to remain top box port

Shanghai, the world’s busiest container port, expects its throughput to grow 10% annually for the next five years as manufacturers open plants in western and central China in search of cheaper labour.

Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) chairman Chen Xuyuan said rising production in these areas has benefited Shanghai as greater cargo volumes arrive from ports along the Yangtze River, which stretches 6,397 km across China before meeting the East China Sea in Shanghai....


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