Throughput of Chinese ports up 4.3% to 914.26 mln t in Jan'14

In January 2014, the ports of China increased their throughput by 4.3%, year-on-year, to 914.26 mln t of cargo, says the Ministry of Transport of the Government of the People's Republic of China. In the accounting period seaports of China handled 651.86 mln t of cargo (+7.1%), river ports – 262.4 mln t (-2%).

Container throughput gained 5.2% to 16.56 mln TEUs including 14.91 mln TEUs in sea ports (+5.3%) and 1.65 mln TEUs in river ports.