Melbourne surges ahead
This includes a 7.8% increase in total container throughput, with 2.58m teu handled smashing the previous year’s record of 2.39m teu record.
Announcing the figures, Premier Ted Baillieu said, “It is particularly pleasing to note that in the face of a high Australian Dollar and floods in the northern part of the state, our local producers made a strong contribution to this growth with full container exports increasing by 9.8%. Container imports also increased by 7.1% on the previous year”.
In summary, the Melbourne’s trade figures include:
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