shanghai container terminal at night
Shanghai Yangshan deep water container terminal ID 117637608 © Chuyu | Dreamstime.com

The port of Shanghai has maintained its position as the world largest container port.

However, new data from Alphaliner today shows its lead over second-placed Singapore narrowed last year.

Shanghai posted 2018 throughput of 42.01m teu, 4.4% growth on 2017, while Singapore handled 36.6m teu, representing growth ...

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