THE Port of Yantai in northern China's Shandong province posted a record 21.8 per cent increase year on year in container volume to 553,000 TEU in the first quarter of the year, reports Xinhua.
The port's overall cargo volume in the period increased 9.8 per cent year on year to 61.06 million tonnes.
At present, the port authority make full use of the port's internal and external resources and its multiple port areas such as Zhifu Bay, Longkou, Penglai and western port area take advantages of their terminal's deep water, storage yard and distribution system to promote the production and operation integration of bauxite, an aluminium ore.
Bauxite volume in the port increased 27 per cent in the first three months, with the market share maintaining the first place nationwide.
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