Ningbo handles 5m TEU over first 9 months

THE mainland China Port of Ningbo saw its container trade swell to 5.12 million TEU during the first nine months of the year.

Meanwhile, general cargo volumes during the same period amounted to 226.13 million tons, Xinhua News Agency reports, including 109.51 million tons of foreign trade.

September was a record-setting month for the port, which handled an all-time high container throughput of 675,000 TEU, representing an increase of 34.16 per cent over the same month a year ago.