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Ports in China handled 242.94 million TEUs of containers in the first eight months (January–August), up 4% year on year, according to the nation’s transport ministry. Coastal ports were responsible for 214.15 million TEUs, up 4.1%, and inland river ports, 28.78 million TEUs, up 2.9%.
Overall cargo to and from China amounted to 12.06 billion tons, up 0.5%. Imports and exports accounted for a total of 3.8 billion tons, up 2.8%, of which 3.42 billion tons were processed at coastal ports, up 3.1%.
Container volumes at the five busiest ports were as follows: 37.7 million TEUs at Shanghai, up 2.7%; 30.4 million TEUs at Ningbo-Zhoushan, up 6.1%; 25.02 million TEUs at Shenzhen, up 6.1%; 23.57 million TEUs at Qingdao, up 6.9%; and 18.83 million TEUs at Guangzhou, up 2.1%. Among the top 10, Beibu Gulf Port was the only port reporting a decrease in throughput, which fell 3.4% to 6.19 million TEUs.
