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Local ports record 4-year high throughput for 2011

TAIPEI--Taiwan recorded 5.4-percent growth in container throughput at its international commercial ports in 2011, a higher growth rate than that posted in the competing economies of Singapore and Hong Kong.

The volume of containers handled by Taiwanese ports rose to a four-year high of 13.42 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent unit) last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

Both import volume of 4.17 million TEUs and export volume of 4.20 million TEUs set records. The number of containers that transited through local parts totaled 5.05 million TEUs.

Containerized cargo handled at Singapore ports rose 5.3 percent in 2011 to 29.9 million TEUs and that handled at Hong Kong ports increased 3 percent to 24.37 million TEUs, the ministry added.

Among Taiwan's seven international commercial ports, Kaohsiung posted a three-year high with 9.64 million TEUs thanks to its new International Terminal Container Center that opened in January 2011, the ministry said.

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