The available official source supports a January 2026 snapshot from Shanghai’s statistics authority. It does not, by itself, establish a Q1 record or a terminal-level breakdown. [1]
How to read the evidence
Port throughput is normally reported by period and statistical scope. A January number cannot be re-labelled as a first-quarter record, and a city-level release should not be used to invent terminal dwell times or Yangshan and Waigaoqiao splits that the release does not contain.
Planning implication
Shippers should use the latest port, carrier and terminal advisories for booking windows, equipment and congestion. Those operating decisions are practical planning advice, not a promise that a particular vessel or terminal will meet a fixed turnaround time.
We will update this article when an official Q1 release directly supports a quarterly record. Until then, the January data point is the boundary of what this page claims.