COSCO SHIPPING Ports reported stronger group volumes in the first half of 2026, while throughput at Piraeus lagged, according to a market bulletin published on 28 August 2026.

The company announced interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2026 showing total throughput rose 7.9% year on year to 80,157,047 TEU. Equity throughput for the same period increased by 7.0% to 24,492,008 TEU.

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited was described in the report as the world’s leading ports logistics service provider. The interim statement covered the Company and its subsidiaries, collectively referenced as the Group, for the six-month reporting period.

reports, which published the item on 28 August 2026, also flagged that container throughput at Piraeus was slower in the period. The published heading drew particular attention to that contrast between the Group’s overall growth and the performance at the named port.

The headline figures show a material increase in aggregate volumes across the Group’s reporting perimeter. Total throughput moving above 80 million TEU for the half year marks a clear year-on-year rise in handled containers at Group level.

Equity throughput rising at a slightly lower rate than total throughput indicates the Group’s owned or equity-accounted terminals also posted growth, but that part of the business expanded more moderately than aggregate volumes. The two metrics together present a picture of broadly positive volume momentum for the first half of 2026.

Group-level growth and the split between total and equity throughput

Total throughput recorded a 7.9% increase year on year to 80,157,047 TEU, while equity throughput rose 7.0% to 24,492,008 TEU for the six months ended 30 June 2026. Those dual measures are commonly used to distinguish between overall handled volumes across all terminals in which the Group has operational involvement and the subset attributable to its equity stakes.

Piraeus performance highlighted

The published item specifically noted that container throughput at Piraeus was slower during the period, signalling a divergence from the Group-wide trend. That point was prominent in the report headline and underscores that the Group’s aggregate growth was not uniform across every terminal reported.

The interim figures, as presented in the bulletin, therefore combine a sizeable uplift in aggregate handled volumes with pockets of underperformance at individual locations. Readers were given the headline numbers for both total and equity throughput together with the observation on Piraeus, allowing for a direct comparison between Group aggregate growth and localised variation.

The company-level description used in the item framed COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited as a leading global ports logistics service provider and presented the interim results in that context. The report provides a concise set of volume metrics for the first half of 2026, dated and attributed in the market note published on 28 August 2026.

Short factual points from the published note:

  • Reporting period: six months ended 30 June 2026.
  • Total throughput: 80,157,047 TEU, up 7.9% year on year.
  • Equity throughput: 24,492,008 TEU, up 7.0% year on year.
  • Published source and date: reports, 28 August 2026, with a headline referencing slower container throughput at Piraeus.

The figures set out in the interim announcement present the Group’s handling performance in the first half of 2026 and highlight a mixed pattern in which consolidated volumes rose substantially even as certain individual port operations, notably Piraeus, were described as slower in the same interval.