FROM January to June, Beihai, a port on the Gulf of Tonkin in southwest China's Guangxi Autonomous Region, recorded a container throughput of 40,739 TEU, 22.7 per cent more than in the same period a year ago.

The port's overall throughput increased 10.64 per cent to 7.95 million tonnes, said Xinhua.

In the same period, Beihai Port Company, operator of Beihai port, recorded a throughput tonnage of 5.31 million tonnes, up 25 per cent year on year.