DURING the first three months of this year, seaports in southeast Fujian province handled 2.24 million TEU, an 8.9 per cent year on year increase, reported Xinhua.

Port of Xiamen's throughput increased 10.1 per cent to 1.5 million TEU. Fuzhou port's climbed 2.9 per cent to 384,400 TEU. Meizhou Bay ports handled 363,700 TEU, up 10.8 per cent.

In the same period, Fujian's ports recorded a throughput tonnage of 87.41 million tonnes, up 8.1 per cent year on year. Xiamen handled 36.93 million tonnes, up 2.1 per cent. Fuzhou's throughput increased 11.2 per cent to 22.95 million tonnes. Meizhou Bay ports handled 27.52 million tonnes, up 14.4 per cent.