In the January-July period of the current year, freight volumes handled at large ports in China totaled 7.32746 billion mt, up 7.9 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by China’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT). In particular, in the given period the foreign trade freight volume handled at large ports in China totaled 2.34449 billion mt, rising by 7.3 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period containers handled at large ports in China amounted to 135.4478 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), increasing by 8.9 percent year on year.