Container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 2% year-on-year in late November buoyed by domestic cargo.
Export container volume dropped 3.5% while the domestic volume grew 26.4%. The port of Dalian posted a growth rate of over 20%.In November,foreign trading empty container volume increased 23.73% while the loaded container volume declined 9.7%.
Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports dropped 7.65%. The international trading cargo throughput declined 10.53% while domestic volume also fell 4.88%.
Crude oil shipments at major coastal dropped 0.5% year-on-year. Among which,the northern port of Dalian reported a strong surge of 75%.
Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports declined 17.8% while the port inventory grew 0.22%.
In late November,cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze river ports,Nanjing,Wuhan and Chongqing grew 6.7% and 25.6% year-on-year,respectively.
For the whole month of November,major coastal ports’cargo throughput increased 0.8% year-on-year. Container volume of eight major ports increased 5.3%. Demands from manufacturing industry and both overseas and domestic markets all falling in November.
