China Knowledge reported that Shanghai International Port Group Co cargo throughput reached 39.62 million tons in August this year reflecting a YoY decrease of 1.46%.

The figure was less than 42.34 million tons it realized in July 2012.

Last month the company container throughput was 2.61 million twenty-foot equivalent units down by 7.13%YoY.

In the first half of this year, the port operator booked CNY 2.25 billion in net profit down by 9.6% YoY while its cargo and container throughput reached 251 million tons and 15.87 million TEUs during the six month period up by 6.3%YoY and 3.6%YoY respectively.

Source - China Knowledge

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