THE Port of Shenzhen posted a year-on-year 1.3 per cent higher container volume to 10.7 million TEU in the first half of the year, according to the Guangdong Statistics Bureau.

Xinhua also reported there was a 4.1 per cent higher cargo volume of cargo that came to 85.73 million tonnes.



The bureau also said Guangdong provincial ports posted a container throughput of 22.67 million TEU, 5.1 per cent more than one year ago, and a throughput of 653 million tonnes, rising 5.3 per cent year on year, Xinhua reports.



Guangzhou terminals lifted 7.02 million TEU, up 3.8 per cent, and 212 million tonnes of cargo overall, up 8.1 per cent. Shenzhen recorded a 1.3 per cent higher container throughput of 10.79 million tonnes.



Eastern Guangdong's Shantou port recorded a box throughput of 577,300 TEU, growing 12.8 per cent, while its overall cargo increased 12 per cent to 21.81 million tonnes. Southern Guangdong's Zhanjiang port handled 199,500 TEU, up 22.3 per cent, and 85.07 million tonnes of cargo overall, a rise of five per cent.



In terms of foreign trade cargo volume, Guangzhou handled 2.66 million TEU, up 28.1 per cent, and 53.54 million tonnes in overall cargo, up 22.8 per cent.



Shantou's foreign trade cargo container throughput increased 6.6 per cent to 278,600 TEU, while tonnage grew 25.4 per cent to 6.02 million tonnes. Zhanjiang's containerised foreign trade cargo rose 16.6 per cent to 77,200 TEU while tonnage went up 6.7 per cent to 28.72 million tonnes.