In the first ten months of this year, the container throughput at Shanghai Port exceeded 46 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%. Among this, the container throughput at Yangshan Port reached 23.8426 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 8.9%. The export volume of the “new three” maritime goods (electric vehicles, lithium batteries, solar cells) continues to rise.
Last year, Shanghai Port became the world’s first major port with an annual throughput exceeding 50 million TEUs. Regarding this, some industry insiders had expressed concern that the port’s annual throughput had already reached a high level, making further growth pressure significant. However, current data shows that the monthly container throughput and cargo throughput at Shanghai Port have not experienced significant fluctuations and overall maintain a growth trend.
Tang Yunyi, Deputy Director of the Institute of Applied Economics at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, stated in an exclusive interview with China News Service that the positive growth in various data reflects the enhanced comprehensive strength of Shanghai Port. In addition to the continuous contribution of hardware facilities such as the Phase IV automated terminal of Shanghai Yangshan, which attracts more logistics flow, a series of innovations in “shipping software” are also injecting momentum into the functional upgrade of the port.
At the end of September this year, Shanghai piloted the nation’s first automated approval system for the declaration of “new three” dangerous goods in maritime transport, based on blockchain foundational technology. Leveraging the technical characteristics of blockchain, such as immutability, data transparency, and traceability, it provides new possibilities for the supervision of maritime dangerous goods transportation and facilitated customs clearance.
