FROM January to November, the Port of Shanghai handled 23.9 million TEU, up 20.5 per cent over the same period last year, Logistics Week reported.

During this period, Yangshan port area handled 5.5 million TEU. Shanghai's overall throughput tonnage rose 4.2 per cent to 512 million tons, 449 million tons were handled by seaport, 63.7 million tons were handled by river ports, 233 million tons were foreign trade cargo.

In November, the port handled 2.25 million TEU, up 17.4 per cent over the same month a year ago. Yangshan port area handled 550,100 TEU.