Fujian's 8-month road freight increases 13.9pc to 364 million tonnes

DURING the months from January to August, southeast China's coastal province Fujian recorded a road-transported freight volume of 364 million tonnes, up 13.9 per cent year on year.

Turnover of the road freight increased 17 per cent to 46.13 billion tonnes per kilometre, said Xinhua.

Road transported passengers grew 3.4 per cent to 508 million persons. Turnover increased 3.3 per cent to 25.34 billion persons per kilometre.

The province's waterway cargo transportation volume climbed 9.1 per cent to 133 million tonnes. Turnover volume increased 11.1 per cent to 18.55 billion tonnes per kilometre.