Container volume at eight major Chinese port declined by 5.7% year-on-year in mid-April affected by the recent Covid outbreaks in Yangtze River delta region.
Katherine Si | May 06, 2022
Export container volumes dropped 4.1% while the domestic volumes declined 9.9% in mid-April. For early to mid–April, container volume at eight major Chinese ports declined 2.6% year-on-year.
Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports declined 5.2% while international trade cargo throughput dropped 4.9%.
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Crude oil shipments at major coastal ports dropped 0.4% year-on-year. Among which the port of Rizhao and Tianjin posted a growth rate of over 30%.
Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports declined 1.6%, among which the port of Tianjin posted a growth rate of over 30%.
In mid-April, cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze River ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, dropped 10.2% and 9.9%, respectively.
Reference: https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/ports-logistics/major-chinese-ports-container-volume-falls-57-mid-april