In the January-October period this year, the overall
freight volume transported on
China’s waterways (rivers, lakes, seas) amounted to 5.1975 billion mt, increasing by 2.6 percent year on year, while the
freight traffic volume on the country’s waterways totaled 7.8745 trillion mt-km, rising by 4.4 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by
China’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT).