In the January-June period of the current year, freight volumes handled at large ports in China totaled 6.24718 billion mt, up 7.5 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 1.99663 billion mt, rising by 7.3 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period containers handled at large ports in China amounted to 114.6384 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), increasing by 8.8 percent year on year.