Domestic trade lifts Tianjin volumes

Hui Ching-hoo, Hong Kong - Tuesday 12 May 2009

DOMESTIC trade has buoyed cargo volumes through northern China’s Tianjin port over the past two months.

Latest figures show cargo throughput increased 2% to 32.2m tonnes last month, while container volumes surged 5.3% to 756,660 teu. This built on the growth in March when cargo volumes rose 4.3% to 31.9m tonnes and container throughput cli...