Subscribe to RSS feedMelbourne shrugs off trade gloom
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Rob McKay
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Jan 25, 2010 10:05 AM
THE PORT of Melbourne continued to shake off the global financial crisis with a bold showing for throughput last month and a container movement record claimed by DP World at the start of this month.
The nation’s largest box port saw total trade increase 6.6% on December 2008.
The core container trade increased 4.4% overall with an average of more than 6,200 containers a day last month, equal to 194,184 teu in total.
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