Container volume of China ports up 17 per cent in first four months

Major ports in mainland China have lifted 39.7 million TEU from January to April in this year, an increase of 17.4 per cent compared with the same period a year ago.

In total, 36.8 million TEU were handled by seaports, up 17.2 per cent. River ports handled 2.9 million TEU, up 19.5 per cent. Overall cargo tonnage cumulated to 1.9 billion tonnes, up 15.9 per cent. Sea-port-handled cargo rose 11.3 per cent to 1.4 million tonnes. River-port-handled cargo went 14.8 per cent up to 494 million tonnes. Foreign trade cargo handled by the Chinese ports increased 11.6 per cent to 645 million tonnes, of which seaports handled 596 million tonnes and river ports handled 48.9 million tonnes. In April alone, Chinese ports handled 10.5 million TEU, of which 9.7 million TEU were lifted by seaports, while 791,900TEU were lifted by river ports. Gross cargo tonnage of these ports added up to 502 million tonnes in April. Seaports cargo tonnage was 368 million tonnes. River ports cargo tonnage was 134 million tonnes. Foreign trade cargo handled by the Chinese ports in this month cumulated to 168 million tonnes. Seaports handled 155 million tonnes; river ports handled 12.9 million tonnes.
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