China's waterway freight volume up 5.5 percent in January-February-Xinhua

China's waterway freight volume up 5.5 percent in January-February

Source: Xinhua

Editor: huaxia

2022-03-19 21:30:17

Aerial photo taken on March 7, 2022 shows containers at Lianyungang Port in east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- China's waterway freight volume rose 5.5 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the Ministry of Transport showed.

More than 1.25 billion tonnes of waterway cargo were transported in the January-February period, according to the ministry.

In February alone, China's waterway freight volume stood at 571.24 million tonnes, said the ministry.

South China's Hainan Province led the expansion among 31 provincial-level regions, reporting year-on-year growth of 24.6 percent, followed by central China's Hubei Province and north China's Tianjin municipality. 


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