The volume of containers handled at terminals operated by the Guangzhou Port Group increased by 10.3 percent year-over-year in the first half of 2011 to 5.2 million TEUs, reported RIA Oreanda-News.
Nansha Port on the Pearl River Delta, which is part of the Guangzhou port zone, handled 3.9 million TEUs, an increase of 12.7 percent from the year-earlier period, the state-owned port group said.
During the first half of 2011, the volume of export containers moving through Nansha Port increased 41.3 percent, with exports to the US up 18.5 percent; to Europe up nine percent; the Middle East up 166 percent; Intra-Asia up 18.7 percent; Africa up 232.5 percent; and to Oceania up 35.8 percent.
Nansha Port on the Pearl River Delta, which is part of the Guangzhou port zone, handled 3.9 million TEUs, an increase of 12.7 percent from the year-earlier period, the state-owned port group said.
During the first half of 2011, the volume of export containers moving through Nansha Port increased 41.3 percent, with exports to the US up 18.5 percent; to Europe up nine percent; the Middle East up 166 percent; Intra-Asia up 18.7 percent; Africa up 232.5 percent; and to Oceania up 35.8 percent.