By the end of December, port of Tianjin's container throughput in 2007 had already surpassed 7 million TEU, Xinhua reported.
The report said as northern China's largest port, Tianjin has an average annual box volume growth of over 20 per cent. Its box volume for the first time exceeded 2 million TEU in 2001 and surpassed three million TEU in 2003, and later reached 4.8 million in 2005.
Tianjin has an average crane productivity of 35 containers an hour and a highest vessel productivity of 305 containers per hour. The port launched more than 10 container lines in 2007.
The report said as northern China's largest port, Tianjin has an average annual box volume growth of over 20 per cent. Its box volume for the first time exceeded 2 million TEU in 2001 and surpassed three million TEU in 2003, and later reached 4.8 million in 2005.
Tianjin has an average crane productivity of 35 containers an hour and a highest vessel productivity of 305 containers per hour. The port launched more than 10 container lines in 2007.