Container trade through the Port of Melbourne reached a milestone in 2011, passing through the 2.5 million container mark to record a throughput of 2,506,726TEUs in the full calendar year, up 6.6 percent on the 2010 result.
The full 2011 calendar year container volume was boosted by strong trade in December of 221,128TEUs, up 6.2 percent on the same month last year. In terms of the financial year to date ending 31 December, total container volumes have increased 9.2 percent. Full container imports and exports increased 9.8 percent and 12.9 percent respectively over this period.
Dry bulk trade increased 19.5 percent for the financial year to date while liquid bulk trade also increased 25.7 percent. Overall, breakbulk cargo also increased 9.7 percent for the financial year to date while new motor vehicle trade remained below last year's levels to be down 9.4 percent.
