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Shenzhen box volumes rise

Shenzhen box volumes rise
The port area of Shenzhen handled higher box throughput in the first four months of this year, according to figures from transport commission of Shenzhen municipality.

From January to April, China's southeastern Shenzhen port moved 7.34m teu of boxes, an increase of 2.5% compared to the same period a year ago.

Yantian, the largest container port in Shenzhen and the world's fourth busiest container terminal, recorded throughput of 3.22m teu, up 4.3% year-on-year.

Shenzhen's two other leading ports Shekou and Chiwan registered throughput of 1.9m teu and 1.7m teu, down 1.9% and 2.5% respectively.