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Global container volumes rise 1.8pc in 2016 to 555.6 million TEU

VOLUMES at the world's top 100 container ports increased 1.8 per cent in 2016 to an aggregate 555.6 million TEU, up from 1.4 per cent growth in 2015, on the back of fourth quarter growth of four per cent after port throughput rebounded in the second half of 2016.

In the first quarter of 2016 container volumes declined by 0.6 per cent, according to Alphaliner's sample of quarterly data collected for the 30 largest container ports in the world.

Last year's stronger volume growth was led by several ports that reported double-digit growth, including Port Kelang (10.8 per cent), Colombo (10.6 per cent), Manila (11.3 per cent), Piraeus (10.4 per cent), Mundra (18.7 per cent), Salalah (29.4 per cent), Incheon (12.6 per cent), Fuzhou (10.0 per cent), Chittagong (15.9 per cent), Barcelona (14.5 per cent), Bandar Abbas (23.6 per cent) and Cai Mep (35.3 per cent).

However, these gains were offset by volume losses at Dubai (-5.2 per cent), Tanjung Pelepas (-9.2 per cent), Jakarta (-6.5 per cent), Felixstowe (-8.5 per cent), Santos (-5.7 per cent), Port Said (-11.9 per cent), Balboa (-8.0 per cent), Ambarli (-9.2 per cent), Durban (-5.4 per cent), Cartagena (-10.6 per cent), Manzanillo (-7.3 per cent), Dammam (-9.6 per cent) and Zeebrugge (-10.8 per cent).