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Qinhuangdao Port 2017 throughput up 22% to 381m tonsQinhuangdao Port 2017 throughput up 22% to 381m tons

The Qinhuangdao Port Co said it has seen annual overall throughput rise 22% in 2017 to 380.6m tons at all the ports in its portfolio.

Vincent Wee, Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

January 8, 2018

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The company said in a statement that the biggest rise was at its main Qinhuangdao Port, which rose 32% to 237.7m tons, comprising not only the biggest increase but also the largest portion of the Bohai Rim region-focussed port company’s throughput.

This was probably driven by big gains in containerised traffic, which grew by a fifth in tonnage terms to 15.9m tons or 9% in teu terms to 1.21m teu for the group as a whole. The group does not break down the cargo composition by individual ports, however Qinhuandao Port is its main container facility.

Caofeidian Port saw throughput rise 6% to 77.1m tons from 73.1m tons previously while Huanghua Port saw a 10% rise to 65.8m teu. These two ports handle mainly commodities-based imports with the former being part of the domestic coal trade and the latter is a major ore port in the Bohai Rim, serving large-scale steel producers transiting imported ore cargo.

In terms of cargo types, dry bulk cargo made good gains and made up the bulk of cargo, rising 22% to 352.5m tons and making up 93% of overall throughput.

Coal throughput rose 32% to 233.4m tons and metal ore throughput rose 6% to 119.1m tons.

Oil and liquefied chemicals was the only category that saw a decline, falling 5% to 3.2m tons. Meanwhile general and other cargoes saw throughput spike 42% to 9.1m tons, albeit from a low base of 6.4m tons.

About the Author

Vincent Wee

Hong Kong and South East Asia Correspondent

Vincent Wee is Seatrade's Hong Kong correspondent covering Hong Kong and South China while also making use of his Malay language skills to cover the Malaysia and Indonesia markets. He has gained a keen insight and extensive knowledge of the offshore oil and gas markets gleaned while covering major rig builders and offshore supply vessel providers.

Vincent has been a journalist for over 15 years, spending the bulk of his career with Singapore's biggest business daily the Business Times, and covering shipping and logistics since 2007. Prior to that he spent several years working for Brunei's main English language daily as well as various other trade publications.

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