COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited processed 61.3 million TEUs via its global terminal network in the first six months of 2026. This represents a year-on-year increase of 8.2 percent.
Just recently, June accounted for 10.58 million TEUs, up 6 percent year-on-year, while the second quarter totalled 31.6 million TEUs, a jump of 7.4 percent.
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Growth was led by the group’s overseas portfolio, excluding CTT, which handled 20.5 million TEUs in H1, up 18.4 per cent, making it the fastest-growing segment within the network.
Within that portfolio, CSP Chancay Terminal in Peru posted the sharpest gain, with H1 volumes up 68.2 percent to 201.8 thousand TEUs, reflecting the ramp-up of the recently opened facility. Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. also recorded strong growth, up 22.9 percent to 3.04 million TEUs.
Domestically, Pearl River Delta terminals handled 15.58 million TEUs, up 6.5 percent, with Yantian International Container Terminals contributing 8.35 million TEUs, up 10 percent.
Yangtze River Delta terminals posted more modest growth of 3.6 percent to 8.68 million TEUs, while Bohai Rim terminals (excluding QPI) rose 5.2 percent to 9.26 million TEUs.
Not all terminals shared in the growth. Southwest Coast volumes, driven by Beibu Gulf Port Co., Ltd., dipped 4 percent to 4.57 million TEUs in H1. CSP Abu Dhabi Terminal L.L.C. posted the steepest decline across the network, down 44.3 percent to 443,000 TEUs, while Dalian Dagang Container Terminal volumes collapsed 87.9 percent, continuing a sharp multi-year contraction. Reefer Terminal S.p.A. in Italy also declined, down 23.3 percent to 20,100 TEUs.
The figures point to a network increasingly weighted toward overseas expansion and newer trans-shipment hubs, even as several established domestic and Gulf terminals face softer demand.