In the January-September period this year, the overall freight volume transported on
China’s waterways (rivers, lakes, seas) amounted to 4.59467 billion mt, increasing by 1.6 percent year on year, while the freight traffic volume on the country’s waterways totaled 6.797 trillion mt-km, rising by 0.9 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by
China’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT).