China Merchants Port records 14% throughput growth

China Merchants Port Holdings Company (CMPort) has reported a 14.5% year-on-year rise to 96m teu in its overall container throughput in 2016.

In mainland China, container volumes were up 17% year-on-year to 72m et in 2016, mainly boosted by the contribution from a new equity investment in Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited early last year.

However, while most of the company’s facilities in mainland China reported year-on-year volume growth, CMPort’s operations suffered a 2.4% fall in container throughput in Qingdao and a 2.1% fall in Ningbo Daxie.