Hebei port volumes increase 39.2pc to 436,000 TEU in first 5 months
THE ports of northern Hebei province posted a year on year 39.2 per cent increase in container throughput to 436,000 TEU in the first five months of the year, reports Xinhua.
Cargo throughput of the ports increased 12.8 per cent to 359 million tonnes in the period. Port of Qinhuangdao cargo volume fell 2.4 per cent to 113 million tonnes, while Port of Tangshan cargo volume increased 19.8 per cent to 178 million tonnes, and Port of Huanghua cargo volume increased 26.2 per cent to 68 million tonnes. Cargo throughput of Caofeidian port area in Tangshan port surged 23.5 per cent to 101 million tonnes.