Jiangxi 10-month road freight volume up 13pc to 909.7 million tonnes

JIANGXI provincial statistics show a 13 per cent growth in road freight to 909.7 million tons, also increasing 17 per cent to 198.41 billion tonnes per kilometre from January to October this year, reports Xinhua.

Waterway cargo climbed 5.7 per cent to 65.17 million tonnes. Turnover grew 0.9 per cent to 17.1 billion tonnes per kilometre.

Road passenger traffic volume increased 5.8 per cent year on year to 638.14 million people. In the same period, waterway passengers increased 4.7 per cent to 2.2 million. Passenger turnover grew 11.7 per cent to 28 million persons per kilometre.