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The Port of Kobe handled a total of 2.432 million TEUs of international and domestic containerized shipments in the first 10 months (January-October), up 1.4% year on year on a preliminary-figure basis.
Oceangoing shipments accounted for 1.831 million TEUs, up 0.4%, consisting of 601,000 TEUs of imports, down 1.2%, and 985,000 TEUs of exports, up 1.5%. Meanwhile, domestic containers totaled 601,000 TEUs, up 4.6%, of which 352,000 TEUs were carried to Kobe, up 10.9%, and 249,000 TEUs from the port, down 3.2%, and.
In October alone, 257,000 TEUs were moved to and from Kobe, up 12%. International cargo surged 17.1% to 200,000 TEUs, comprising 90,000 TEUs of imports, up 16%, and 108,000 TEUs of exports, up 18.1%.