By Paris Tsirigotis

According to data from Cosco Shipping Port, in March 2025, a total of 357,000 containers were handled from piers II and III managed by Piraeus Container Terminal, compared to 343,000 in the same month of 2024, recording an increase of 4.1%.

In January-March 2025, the handling of containers from piers II and III amounted to 1.019 million TEUs compared to 931 thousand TEUs in the same period of 2024, an increase of 9.4%.

35 ports

In March 2025, container handling across the 35 ports controlled by Cosco Shipping Ports, a member of the Cosco Shipping Group, rose by 7.1%, marking a continued upward trend.

Specifically, 9.7 million TEUs were handled in the 35 terminals around the world, compared to 9.0 million TEUs in the same month in 2024.

A total of 27.2 million TEUs were handled by the terminals managed by Cosco in 2025, compared to 25.3 TEUs in the same period in 2024, an increase of 7.6%.

In China, container handling was especially strong at terminals in the Pearl River Delta and southwestern regions.

The 3 terminals in the Pearl River Delta showed an increase of 13.7% month-on-month, handling a total of 2.5 million TEUs in March 2025, compared to 2.2 TEUs in the same month last year.

On a year-on-year basis, the growth from these terminals amounted to 10.2%.

Overseas terminals continued to grow, with their throughput increasing by 4.0% year-on-year.

Of these, CSP Spain and CSP Zeebrugge performed well, with throughput increasing by 5.0% and 13.9% year-on-year, respectively.