China port throughput slips 2.6% in October

11/21/2009 9:11:34 AM

China's ports saw a 2.6 percent year-on-year decrease in container traffic in October, handling 10.78 million TEUs, according to Transport Ministry date, reported All data Processing. Container traffic at sea ports totalled 9.67 million TEUs, slipping 2.7 percent on the year. The port of Shanghai recorded the biggest volume but also the heftiest drop, with traffic there sliding 9.6 percent to 2.17 million TEUs. It was followed by Shenzhen, both by volume (1.66 million TEUs) and pace of decline (-8.4 percent). On the upside, October container volumes at Guangzhou rose the most, by 11.6 percent to 956,000 TEUs. China's port container traffic in the first 10 months of the year was down 7.1 percent to 99.89 million TEUs. CargoNews Asia

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