Splash247: Shanghai handles record 203,881 teu in a day

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Shanghai has pushed its daily container throughput above 200,000 teu for the first time, setting another handling record at the world’s busiest boxport.

The port moved 203,881 teu on August 1, nearly 9% above the previous record of 187,312 teu set on June 9. One operating shift accounted for a record 71,728 teu.

To put the figure into perspective, Shanghai handled nearly 39,000 teu more in one day than Denmark’s Fredericia Container Terminal moved during the whole of 2025. Fredericia’s annual total of 164,968 teu was itself a record for the terminal.

The latest high followed four days of disruption caused by Typhoon Bavi in mid-July. A large number of deepsea and feeder vessels arrived together after sheltering from the storm, creating pressure on berths, yards and landside operations.

Shanghai International Port Group said the port returned to full operations on July 14 and maintained average daily throughput of around 172,000 teu while clearing the vessel and container backlog.

Several terminals also set individual records during the recovery. The automated Yangshan phase four terminal handled 29,910 teu on August 1, while the Luojing container terminal processed 8,373 teu.

Shanghai handled more than 28m teu during the first six months of 2026, an increase of 6.2% year on year. Volumes at the Yangshan port area climbed 8.1% to more than 15m teu.

The port moved a record 55.06m teu in 2025, up 6.9%, retaining its position as the world’s largest container port for the 16th consecutive year.