SHANGHAI Port, the world's largest container port, have announced its throughput in July, experiencing a five per cent increase year on year to 2.98 million TEU compared to 2.84 million TEU registered in the same month last year.

The Chinese largest port also saw a 7.4 per cent throughput growth from 2.76 million TEU recorded in June, according to figures from Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.

In the first seven months, Shanghai handled a total of 19.31 million TEU, rising 3.2 per cent against 18.71 million TEU in the same period last year.