Fangcheng container volume up 6.8pc to 205,500 TEU in first nine months

FANGCHENG Port, in southeast China's Guangxi Autonomous Region, is expected to see cargo throughput to exceed the 100-million tonne mark by the end of the year, Xinhua reports.

From January to September, the port's container throughput grew 6.82 per cent year on year to 205,500 TEU. Its overall cargo volume went up 11.8 per cent to 72.32 million tonnes.

In 2011, the port handled 90.23 million tonnes of cargo with a capacity of 74.06 million tonnes.