TOTAL container throughput at the Port of Melbourne dipped 5 per cent in June by handling 258,073 TEU, down from the 272,349 TEU handled in June last year.
Full overseas imports were down 3 per cent to 107,873 TEU, and full overseas exports were down 0.2 per cent, reports Australia's Daily Cargo News.
Total container volumes for the Bass Strait trade came to 19,525 TEU in June this year, a decrease of 7 per cent from the 20,991 TEU carried in June 2022.
Port of Melbourne reported empty container movements of 71,089 TEU in June this year, down 10 per cent from the 79,482 handled in the previous period.
Transshipment containers saw a notable increase on last year's volumes - the port reported 19,943 TEU in June this year, which was a 43 per cent increase on the 13,972 reported in June 2022.
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