China's port throughput grows 5.7% in first two months

During January and February, China recorded a collective port container throughput of 29.39 million TEU, up 5.9% year on year, news agency Xinhua reports. Seaports lifted 26.48 million TEU, up 6.7%. River ports handled 2.91 million TEU, down 0.4%. In the same period, aggregate throughput tonnage of the Chinese ports grew 5.7% to 1.7 billion tonnes. Seaports increased 7% to 1.21 billion tonnes. River ports went up 2.5% to 490 million tonnes. The Chinese ports throughput of foreign trade goods added up to 580 million tonnes, up 9.8%. Seaports handled 530 million tonnes, up 9.6%. River ports handled 51.44 million, up 11.7%.