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Combined volume of containerized shipments handled at ports in China plunged 17.9% from a year earlier to 13.7 million TEUs in February under the influence of the ongoing COVIC-19 outbreak, according to the nation's Ministry of Transport (MOT). Coastal ports were responsible for 12.4 million TEUs in total, down 17.2%. Inland river ports also suffered a greater double-digit contraction of 23.8% to amount to 1.3 million TEUs.
Looking at container lifting at major ports, Shanghai handled 2.3 million TEUs, down 19.5%; Ningbo-Zhoushan, 1.5 million TEUs, down 21%; Qingdao, 1.3 million TEUs, down 6.9%; Shenzhen, 1.2 million TEUs, down 24.4%; Guangzhou, 1.1 million TEUs, down 17.9%; and Tianjin, 9.1 million TEUs, down 17.3%.
