Shandong
Port throughput exceeds 700 million tons in 2009
Updated: 2010-01-11 17:10
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The year 2009 saw the business of ports grow on Shandong’s peninsula, with port throughput reaching 730 million tons, up 12.3 percent compared with 2008--3 percent higher than the national average rate of increase in port business. Ore throughput hit 240 million tons in 2009, ranking No. 1 in China.
The 4 trillion yuan stimulus package launched by the Chinese government heated up demand for crude materials such as ores and oils, which spurred more port business.
Qingdao port registered 10 million twenty-equivalent units (TEU) of container materials in 2009, for total throughput of 315 million tons, an increase of 5 percent year-on-year.
Yantai port finished with 123 million tons of cargo in 2009, a 10.6 percent year-on-year increase. The port’s outgoing throughput of fertilizer and inbound throughput of bauxite were ranked first in China.
Longkou port was committed to cargo business with African countries. To date, the port has developed into China’s largest port sending materials to African countries, with its cargo throughput exceeding 35 million tons last year.
The Rizhao port’s throughput surpassed 180 million tons last year, a 20 percent year-on-year increase.
To expand its port capacity, Shandong completed five ports projects in 2009, adding 11 berths that can allow 6.52 million tons of cargo to pass through.
By Zhao Ruixue (China Daily Shandong Bureau)
Editor: Li Jing
