Export container volume increased 5.7 per cent while the domestic volume declined 1.8 per cent in early September. Among which, export container volume growth rate of Ningbo Zhoushan port and Guangzhou port exceeded 10 per cent, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.

Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports dropped 4 per cent year on year while international trade cargo throughput also declined 6.4 per cent.

Crude oil shipments at major coastal ports fell further and posted a decline of 21.4 per cent year on year. Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports declined 2.7 per ent while port inventory increased 14.8 per cent.

In early September, cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, declined 5.6 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively.