China’s ports recorded a 2.6 per cent year-on-year fall in container traffic in October, handling 10.78m teu, according to the Ministry of Transport. Container traffic at sea ports totalled 9.67m teu, a fall of 2.7 per cent.

The port of Shanghai recorded the biggest volume but also the largest drop; its traffic decreased 9.6 per cent to 2.17m teu. The second largest port, Shenzhen, experienced an 8.4 per cent fall to 1.66m teu. By contrast, October container volumes at Guangzhou rose 11.6 per cent to 956,000 teu.

Over the first 10 months of the year, China’s port container traffic was down 7.1 per cent to 99.89m teu.