China's Tianjin Port posts steady container throughput growth in Q1

TIANJIN - North China's Tianjin Port handled over 5.41 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in the first quarter of this year, up 7.2 percent year-on-year, setting a new record, the port authorities said.

Tianjin Port saw its cargo throughput reach 118 million tons in the first three months of 2024, up 3.2 percent year-on-year, according to the Tianjin Port Group.

Earlier this year, the port launched a new direct shipping route to facilitate cherry imports from Chile. This marks the first direct shipping service for Latin American cherries to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

Tianjin Port, located on the coast of the Bohai Sea, is a major shipping point in north China. Currently, it has opened up 145 container routes, maintaining trade with over 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions around the world.