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Andy Lane
May 04, 2015 at 6:26 amThe port as a whole enjoyed a 7.6% increase in volumes from 2013 to 2014 and YTD 10% up on 2014Q1 – quite impressive.
In March 2015 they handled a record 229,410 TEU, up slightly against October 2014 with 221,105. If we pro-rata the March 2015 volume into full year (x 12) we would have an annualised through-put of 2.75 million TEU – not quite enough to get it into the world’s top 50.
This volume is handled by 26 QC’s – so on average 105,882 TEU/QC/Year. This compared to an average for the world’s top 12 (volume) ports of 187,000 and highs in Shanghai/Qingdao in excess of 235,000.
Are they quite sure that they are congested?