Shenzhen port box volume up 14pc in first 7 months

THE Port of Shenzhen, comprised of the Yantian, Chiwan and Shekou ports areas, saw its cumulative container throughput increase by 13.9 per cent to 11.35 million TEU from January to July this year, Logistics Week reports.

The southern China port area also handled 110.16 million tons of cargo over the first seven months of 2007, up 14.3 per cent, figures of Shenzhen Statistics Bureau showed.