Passengers
986,124
12 months to Jun 2026
Australia and Shanghai
4 city pairs with recent passenger traffic · 2 in the lost-route record · 1 with no post-2003 passenger record · data from Aug 1996
Inbound
498,780
arriving in Australia
Outbound
487,344
leaving Australia
Australian ports
7
represented in this record
Traffic: 12 months to Jun 2026
Passengers over time
To Jun 2026
International history milestones
Passenger milestones use complete calendar years only; a missing month stays missing and the partial current year cannot set the historical peak. Current breadth uses the global passenger window 2025-07 to 2026-06. Recorded Australian ports describe passenger records, not necessarily nonstop current services.
First positive record
Aug 1996
first month with passengers > 0
Peak complete year
2025
909,060 passengers
Latest complete year
2025
909,060 passengers
Australian ports in latest 12 months
4
positive in global latest 12 months; not necessarily nonstop
Peak port breadth
6
complete years: 1997–2000
Part of China.
Recent passenger traffic
Positive passenger traffic appears within the latest year of the published BITRE series. This is record recency, not real-time operating status.
| Route | Passengers, 12 months |
|---|---|
| Sydney ↔ Shanghai | 443,291 |
| Melbourne ↔ Shanghai | 404,295 |
| Brisbane ↔ Shanghai | 136,514 |
| Adelaide ↔ Shanghai | 2,024 |
Routes Australia has lost
No passenger traffic recorded in the comparable published series for over a year. See the lost-route record for the full methodology.
No post-2003 passenger record
These retained city pairs have no positive passenger record in the comparable series from January 2003 onward. Some have freight or mail records, and some appear only in the earlier passenger series.