According to the brief statistics by the Water Transport Bureau of MOT,encouraged by the stable picking up in the national economy,the production in China’s major rts is speeding up the growth,The port cargo throughput has achieved the first double-digit growth,the decrease in container throughput is substantially narrowed.

In July,China’s port cargo throughput is expected to complete 500mil ton,up by 12.9%.Among which,the foreign trade cargo throughput is at 190mil tons,up by 13.8%;domestic trade 310mil tons,an increase of 12.5%;whereas contair is expected at 10.1mil TEUs,down by 3.8% however there appears a 7.4% ring growth.

Also in July,iron ore import hit the largest increase this year,predictably the port handling volume will reach 56.5 mil tons,a 35% rise meanwhile enen 10% higher than in the previous month;coal volume handled is expected to grow by 12.6;import growth of crude oil is to complete 16.27mil tons,up by 25.9%;the decline is 6.4 lower than in June,the smallest this year.