en.Wedoany.com Reported - Japan's Shimizu Port recorded a foreign trade container throughput of 33,808 TEU in May 2026, down 6% year-on-year.

Export container volume in May stood at 16,335 TEU, down 9.3% year-on-year, while import volume reached 17,473 TEU, down 2.6%. Among these, laden export containers totaled 12,041 TEU, a decrease of 11.8%; laden import containers amounted to 17,004 TEU, down 3.2%. The total laden container throughput was 29,045 TEU, down 7% year-on-year. Empty container volume saw a slight increase, reaching 4,763 TEU, up 0.6% year-on-year.

In terms of domestic container traffic, the total volume in May was 8,532 TEU, down 0.9% from the same period last year. Including both foreign and domestic trade cargo, the port's total throughput reached 42,340 TEU, down 5% year-on-year. This marks the first monthly year-on-year decline in five months.

Despite the weak performance in May, overall throughput in the first five months of 2026 remained higher than the same period last year. From January to May, cumulative export container volume was 83,479 TEU, up 5.6% year-on-year; import volume reached 85,667 TEU, up 1.2%. Total foreign trade container throughput amounted to 169,416 TEU, up 3.4% year-on-year. Laden container throughput in the first five months increased to 145,427 TEU, while empty container volume grew by 6.3% to 23,989 TEU. Domestic container volume rose 0.9% year-on-year to 47,135 TEU. In the first five months of 2026, Shimizu Port's combined foreign and domestic trade throughput reached 216,551 TEU, up 2.8% from the same period last year.

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