Chancay Port sees 24.9% increase in container throughput in Q3 2026, handling 139,669 TEUs

Chancay Port, in Peru, recorded a movement of 139,669 TEUs during the third quarter of 2026, representing a year-on-year growth of 24.9% compared to the 111,862 TEUs moved in the same period of 2025, according to operational results published by Cosco Shipping Ports.

The increase was accompanied by the expansion of the terminal's maritime service network, operated by CoscoShipping Ports Chancay Perú (CSP Chancay Terminal), which completed a connection structure comprising three main line services and five feeder services.

The terminal's performance is part of the growth recorded by Cosco Shipping Ports' international facilities during the third quarter. Between July and September, the group's terminals outside China moved 11.32 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%. These operations represented 26.8% of the company's total container throughput.

In that period, the containers moved attributable to Cosco Shipping Ports' equity participation in its international terminals reached 4.05 million TEUs, with an increase of 15.6%.

In addition to Chancay, the company highlighted the performance of the Port of Piraeus, in Greece, which recorded 1.09 million TEUs during the quarter, 11.4% more than in the same period of the previous year.

In its operational outlook, Cosco included Chancay among the terminals where it will seek to strengthen the attraction of maritime services and additional calls, along with facilities such as Wuhan, Piraeus, and Abu Dhabi.

Globally, Cosco Shipping Ports moved 42.27 million TEUs during the third quarter of 2026, a figure that represents a year-on-year growth of 8.4%. In the first nine months of the year, the number of containers moved reached 122.42 million TEUs, 8.1% higher than that recorded between January and September 2025.

Financially, the group's revenues totaled US$484.3 million during the third quarter, with an increase of 13%, while profits attributable to its shareholders reached US$82.6 million, 0.1% more than a year earlier.

Between January and September, accumulated revenues reached US$1,389.7 million, with a year-on-year growth of 12.6%, and profits attributable to shareholders increased by 19.7%, to US$316.3 million.