Port of Ningbo box throughput breaks record in August

CONTAINER throughput of eastern China's port of Ningbo reached a new monthly high by reaching 998,600 TEU in August, up 0.3 per cent year on year and up 8.5 per cent over July.

This was the fourth month in a row that the port recorded month-on-month increase in its box volume, said Logistics Week.

The port's throughput tonnage increased 5.4 per cent to 24.1 million tonnes. Two new shipping lines were launched at the port in the same month.

(Source: www.schednet.com)