Port Botany Container Trade Up 5.7%

Total container trade through Port Botany reached 1.531 million TEUs* for the first three quarters of the financial year (1 July 2010 to 31 March 2011), representing an increase of 5.7% on the same period last year.

Sydney Ports Chief Executive Officer Grant Gilfillan said that the latest container trade figures reveal that stronger import and export performance had lifted Port Botany to record levels.

“For the first three quarters of 2010/11 the growth experienced by Port Botany has seen a resilient export sector, despite the strengthening of the Aussie Dollar,” Mr Gilfillan said.

*TEUs = Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units

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Click here to view the Trade Statistics Bulletin for 1 July 2010 – 31 March 2011.