The total value of import-export goods through Shanghai ports in 2013 reaches US$1,073.87 billion with an year-on-year increase of 1.5% and accounted for a quarter of the nation’s total, which strikes a new record high and highlights the going-around of the ports through the seasons.
Records are also created in the figures of cargo and container throughput, with a year-on-year increase of 5.2% in annual cargo throughput to 379.638 million tons and an increase of 2.4% in container throughput to 28.836 million TEUs. The import-export cargo throughput in air ports reaches 2.582 million tons, a year-on-year drop of 1.3%, with Shanghai Pudong International Airport ranking the 3rd largest cargo shipping port in the world for the sixth consecutive year.
The annual exit-entry passengers climbs to 26.419 million with a year-on-year increase of 8.4%, with 25.526 million (an increase of 6.9%) through air ports, 749,000 (an increase of 113.5%) in shipping ports, and 144,000 (a decrease of 4.3%) in railway ports.
The annual exit-entry (in-out port) passenger liners see a year-on-year increase of 62.1% and reach 394 vessels, 142 in Shanghai Port Passenger transportation Center and 252 in Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Port. Over the year, 336 cruise ships have their home ports set in Shanghai, a year-on-year increase of 107.4%.