Bordering provinces help boost Fujian transshipments

LAST year, south eastern China's Fujian province recorded 8.2 million tonnes of transshipments from the bordering province of Jiangxi, up 272 per cent from 2.18 million tonnes in 2007, representing a rate of increase of 55 per cent a year, Xinhua reports.


As of 2010, Fujian has had 439 seaport berths in operation, 122 are over 10,000 tonnes, generating a container capacity 12.8 million TEU, or a cargo capacity of 320 million tonnes. Its seaports can accommodate 150,000-tonne containerships, 300,000-tonne oil tankers and 150,000-tonne bulk carriers.


Provincial seaports has been operating shipping services to over 140 ports in more than 60 countries. 315 are container shipping services, offering 2,000 sailings per month.
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