THE Port of Yantai in northern China's Shandong province posted a year-on-year 23.64 per cent increase in container volume to 1.28 million TEU in the first seven months, reports Xinhua.
The port's overall cargo volume increased 8.81 per cent to 167 million tonnes in the period. The box volume is expected to hit two million TEU by year end with cargo volume expected to top 300 million tonnes.
The Yantai Port and Shipping Bureau works hard to follow its development plan on building one major western port area and developing multiple specialised port areas such as Laizhou, Longkou, Penglai, Luanjiakou, ZhiFu Bay and Haiyang to achieve comprehensive development.
It has opened Yantai-Yingkou, Yantai-Shenzhen, Tianjin-Longkou-Huangpu-Quanzhou foreign and domestic trade lines with 67 weekly sailings.
Email | Print