In the January-April period this year, the overall
freight volume transported on
China’s waterways (rivers, lakes, seas) amounted to 2.04142 billion mt, increasing by 8.0 percent year on year, while the
freight traffic volume on the country’s waterways totaled 3.17095043 trillion mt-km, rising by 10.9 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by
China’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT).