Shenzhen Port crosses 30 million TEU mark three weeks earlier than last year, led by trade with APEC economies

China’s southern Shenzhen Port has handled 30 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) this year, reaching the milestone three weeks earlier than in 2025, the city’s transport authorities said, with APEC member economies accounting for more than half of the port’s foreign trade volume.

Cargo flows between Shenzhen Port and all APEC member economies make up over 50 percent of the city’s total foreign trade, the authorities said. The 16 Asia-Pacific sister ports partnered with Shenzhen Port form a complete supply-demand chain. APEC member economies are the port’s largest export market and a key source of raw materials.

Shenzhen Port reached the container throughput milestone earlier than last year, thanks to systematic efforts to seize opportunities from global economic and trade recovery and to keep expanding its global shipping routes.

As of October 17, throughput stood at 30.10 million TEU, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier, with loaded-container throughput up 8.0 percent. The port has opened more than 270 international container liner routes and runs over 30 regular point-to-point cross-border e-commerce sea express services.

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