TOTAL container throughput at Port of Melbourne came to 267, 392 TEU in September 2023, a 6.9% decrease since the same month last year.
Full container import volumes (excluding Bass Strait) were down 7.2 in September with domestic appliances, furniture and toys and sporting goods below volumes reported in the same month last year.
Full container export volumes were down 3.8% that month, with wheat, hay, chaff and fodder and raw cotton below last year’s volumes.
Total empty container movements were decreased 5.8% September 2023 against volumes reported in the same month last year.
And in the non-container trade, motor vehicle units were up 20.2%, the dry bulk trade increased by 22.7% and the liquid bulk trade increased by 4.6%
