China`s port box volumes up 7.3 - 13.9pc in first half year

CHINA`s major ports experienced a steady growth in throughput in the first half of this year, reports Xinhua.

Ports in east Shandong province handled 420 million tonnes in the first half, moving 7.14 million TEU with a 10.4 per cent increase year on year. Shandong throughput has recovered to exceed the level before the global crisis last year. Qingdao`s container volume grew 11.5 per cent to 5.66 million TEU.


China`s largest port of Shanghai posted a record high in container throughput to 13.9 million TEU, up 18.8 per cent. Its Tianjin port handled 198 million tonnes of cargo with a 7.3 per cent increase while moving 4.7 million TEU, up 13 per cent. And other main ports like Guangzhou and Ningbo also both registered a growth over 10 per cent in throughput