According to MANA, Last month the Chinese port handled throughput of 3.54m teu, representing a 14.6% increase compared to 3.09m teu recorded in the same period of 2016, SIPG data showed.
Box volumes in May also rose by 7.9% compared to 3.28m teu seen in April this year.
From January to May 2017, Shanghai port posted a total throughput of 16.21m teu, up 9.9% compared to 14.75m teu in the previous corresponding period.