Guigang port box volume soars 30 percent to 59,565 TEUs

Southwest China's port of Guigang, which is said to be largest river port in China's Guangxi Autonomous Region, handled 59,565 TEU from January to August, a 30.4 percent growth from a year earlier, Xinhua reports.

In the same period, the port's throughput increased 12.7 per cent to 27.3 million tonnes. Waterway cargo climbed 32.5 per cent to 43.9 million tonnes with a 33.2 per cent higher turnover of 20.3 billion tonnes per kilometer.