China pors handled 61.4 million TEUs

The ports of China reportedly handled 61.4 million TEUs during the first half of this year (January-June 2008), an increase of 17.1 per cent over the same period of last year, according to Exim News Service.

Overall tonnage lifted by these ports rose by 15.5 per cent to 2.95 billion tonnes. Foreign trade cargo volume went up by 11.4 per cent to 990 million tonnes.

Container throughput at seaports increased by 16.6 per cent to 56.98 million TEUs. Tonnage handled rose by 14.9 per cent to 2.18 billion tonnes. Foreign trade cargo volume was 916 million tonnes, up 11.6 per cent.

Source: Transportweekly