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Chinese Ports’ container volumes rise 7.6%

January 04 , 2022

 

BEIJING : The container throughput of Chinese ports for the period between January and November of 2021 stood at 259.7 million TEU, which translates to an increase of 7.6%, compared to the same period of the previous year.

Regarding the cargo volume of Chinese ports, it was 14,207.6 million tons, elevated by 7.2% year on year, according to China’s Ministry of Transport.

The chart below shows the container and cargo throughput data of the eight major ports in China, for the period between January and November.

Among them, the Port of Dalian represents the largest year-on-year decrease at 34%, while Beibu Gulf Port reported the biggest growth in container traffic over the corresponding period of 2020, which amounted to 18.6%.