BETWEEN January and September 2023, Chinese ports witnessed a cargo volume increase of 8.5 per cent to 12.540 billion tons, reports Greece's container-news.
Additionally, the container throughput of Chinese ports increased 5.2 per cent to 230.7 million TEU.
Within this data, the port of Shanghai maintains its position as the country's most active container port, handling 36.19 million TEU.
Following closely, the port of Ningbo & Zhoushan ranks as the second busiest container port in China, processing 27.26 million TEU, while the port of Shenzhen secures the third position with 21.72 million TEU.
Notably, the Port of Yinkou stands out with the most significant year-on-year percentage increase in container throughput during the first nine months of the year, boasting a growth of 19.6 per cent.
Conversely, the sole percentage decline occurred at one of the nation's busiest ports, Shenzhen, which experienced a one per cent drop in container volumes.
from: shippingazette