In the January-October period of this year, freight volumes handled at large ports in China totaled 11.09306 billion mt, up 2.7 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by China’s Ministry of Transportation (MOT). In particular, in the January-October period the foreign trade freight volume handled at large ports in China totaled 3.47679 billion mt, rising by 2.4 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period containers handled at large ports in China amounted to 207.4186 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), increasing by 5.1 percent year on year.