THE port of Shanghai handled 3.01 million TEU in September, an increase of 3.7 per cent compared to the same period a year ago, according to data compiled by Shanghai International Port (Group) Co (SIPG).

But on a month-on-month basis, September's volumes were 3.2 per cent lower than August's throughput of 3.11 million TEU.

In the first nine months of the year, the world's busiest container port's throughput rose 5.1 per cent year on year to 26.45 million TEU.