THROUGHPUT at north China's port of Qinhuangdao, across the Gulf of Chihli from Dalian, surpassed 200 million tonnes in mid-September, Xinhua reports.
The port handled 68.4 million tonnes of cargo in the first quarter, 6.1 million tonnes more than its target. During the first half of year, it recorded a throughput of 138.8 million tonnes, 6.3 per cent, or 8.2 million tonnes, more than in the same period in the year before.