China's big terminal operators boosted by overseas growth

摘要

China's biggest containerterminal operators reported strong volume growth in 2017, driven by rising levels of containerised trade in their core mainland China market and overseas acquisitions.Terminals with investments by China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) handled 102.9 million teu in 2017, breaking the 100 million teu barrier for the first time. This represents a year-on-year rise of 7.7% in non-equity-weighted throughput.China's other dominant ports player, COSCO Shipping Ports (CSP), also had a strong year, with non-equity-weighted throughput growing by 12.5% to more than 87.3 million teu. The data provided by CSP excluded volumes handled at the northern Chinese port of Qingdao.