A view of Wenzhou Port in Zhejiang province. [Photo/wzrb.com.cn]
Wenzhou Port has kicked off the year with a remarkable 63.87 percent increase in cargo throughput in January, reaching 7.53 million metric tons. Foreign trade cargo rose by 17.69 percent to 400,100 tons, and container throughput soared by 45.21 percent to 120,100 TEUs.
The growth can be attributed to the city's focus on port management and development, enhancing its role as a regional container hub and domestic trade sub-hub.
Infrastructure improvements, port openness, industry support, and container business optimization have led to steady cargo throughput growth and trade breakthroughs. Notably, coal transportation reached 2.76 million tons, petroleum products hit 384,900 tons, and cement throughput was at 1.16 million tons, marking increases of 50.85 percent, 44.75 percent, and 212.46 percent, respectively.
Sea-rail intermodal transport in particular has seen a great deal of success, with new routes like Nanchang-Wenzhou and Shangrao-Wenzhou expanding the network and boosting inland export goods' convergence to Wenzhou. January saw a 453.8 percent surge in sea-rail intermodal containers, with 1,008 TEUs transported.
Aiming to become a near-ocean international shipping center and a world-class port, Wenzhou will construct new facilities and promote multimodal transport, targeting a container throughput of 1.5 million TEUs throughout the year.
