Container volume at eight major Chinese ports reported a rise of 5.8% year-on-year for early December 2022.
More specifically, export container volume increased 5.5% year-on-year, while the inland container volume grew about 6.8%.
On the other hand, loaded containers for foreign trading in the Yangtze river delta and Pearl river delta regions fell around 13% and 20% year-on-year, respectively.
Moreover, cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports increased by 3.07%, with international trade cargo throughput dropping 1.95% and domestic volume growing by 7.64%.
Additionally, crude oil shipments at major coastal ports declined 0.5% year-on-year, among which, the port of Dalian had the highest growth rate of 96.9%.
As for, metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports, they increased 4.7% while the port inventory dropped 1.55%。
Finally, in early December, the three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing posted 18.9% and 4.4% growth rate for cargo throughput and container volume.
