Despite the COVID-19 lockdowns in the country, Chinese ports were able to end the month of May on a high note. Eight of China’s major ports saw an 8.5% increase in container volumes during the last part of May, year-on-year.
The export container volume was up 13%, while the domestic volume dropped 6.3%.
The port of Shenzhen saw the most significant increase in volumes, as it recorded a growth rate of over 60%.
Meanwhile Shanghai has been slowly returning to normal factory and shipping operations after a two month lockdown. Compared to last year, the port saw a container volume growth of 0.8%. Since mind-May, its average daily handling volume grew 4.7%.
At the three major Yangtze River ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, cargo throughput and container volume rose to 3% and 46.1% in the end if the month.
For the entire month of May, the container volume at the eight container ports increased 4.1% year-on-year.
