As of August 30, northeast China's Yingkou port had handled of containers this year, 26.2 per cent more than in the same period one year ago, Shippingazette reports.
The port's throughput in this period totalled to 133 million tonnes, according to Xinhua.
Bulk cargo used to be the dominant type of Yingkou port's business. But a few years ago, the port decided to catch up with the world's containerisation trend and use container to carry bulk.
During the first half of the year, four million tonnes, or 180,000 TEU, of steel, grain and petrol chemicals were shipped, refreshing the port's half-year containerised bulk volume record. Five new container routes were also launched at the port during this period.
Yingkou is now operating services to more than 140 ports in 50 countries and regions in the world, including over 10 services to Japan, Korea and south east Asia.