Fujian-Taiwan direct sea cargo volume soars 54.6pc in first eight months

DIRECT sea shipping services between Fujian province and Taiwan carried 88.84 million tonnes of cargo from January to August, a sharp increase of 54.57 per cent over the same period in 2011, Xinhua reports.

In this period, Fujian-Taiwan direct shipping services ran a total of 1,419 sailings, representing a 57.49 per cent increase year on year.

Seven Fujian carriers offered 886 sailings with a fleet of 20 vessels and carried 4.53 million tonnes of cargo. Fifteen Taiwanese carriers operated 533 sailings with 11 ships, carrying 4.36 million tonnes of cargo.