Fujian-Taiwan direct container trade volume up 1.2pc as bulk rises 41.4pc

SOUTHEASTERN Fujian ran 1,842 sailings of direct container shipping services to Taiwan in the first nine months of the year, 3.48 per cent more than in the same period last year, carrying a total of 455,262 TEU, up 1.19 per cent, Xinhua reports.

In the same period, Fujian-Taiwan direct bulk shipping service ran 1,593 sailings, up 52 per cent, carrying a total of 9.9 million tonnes of bulk, up 41.49 per cent.