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Major east China port handles 1.4 bln tonnes of cargo in 2025
The Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in east China's Zhejiang Province saw its cargo throughput surpass 1.4 billion tonnes in 2025, ranking first globally in terms of annual cargo throughput for the 17th consecutive year, according to the port.
January06,2026
Rail-road intermodal transport exiting China's Xizang into South Asia sees surging cargo value
A freight train that set off from Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, reached Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Saturday, marking the successful completion of all 12 freight trains in 2025, with a cumulative cargo value exceeding 230 million yuan (about 32.7 million U.S. dollars).
January05,2026
Chinese landmark trade corridor handles over 5 mln TEUs
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (ILSTC), a key logistics route connecting western China to global markets, had transported a cumulative total of more than 5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo as of Saturday..
December01,2025
China Focus: Cargo airport spurs int'l trade, e-commerce
China's first cargo-focused airport, which was officially put into operation in July 2022, is rapidly emerging as an international air freight hub with burgeoning cross-border trade, benefiting people at all ends of its routes.
August29,2025
SW.China Chongqing's international air cargo throughput surges 46.8 pct y-o-y to a record high in 2021
The air cargo throughput of Chongqing municipality in southwest China achieved 477,000 tonnes in 2021, of which international cargo and mail throughput surged 46.8 percent year-on-year to 221,000 tonnes in the period, hitting a record high, reported Chongqing Daily on March 4.
March07,2022
SF Airlines extends domestic air cargo network to 51 destinations
SF Airlines' domestic air cargo network has been extended to 51 destinations across the country, the cargo airline announced on Thursday.
September25,2020
China's passenger, cargo transport further narrows contraction
China's transportation industry further narrowed its year-on-year contraction in April as business resumption gained more momentum, with cargo transport near the level of the same period last year, industry data showed.
May18,2020
Interview: Connecting Europe and China amid pandemic: Lufthansa Cargo senior executive
The global sky is witnessing 105 Lufthansa cargo flights per week between Germany and China, carrying vital supplies for the anti-pandemic fight, said a senior executive with Lufthansa Cargo.
May13,2020
Annual cargo transport on Yangtze River sets record
A total of 2.93 billion tonnes of cargo was shipped through the main reaches of the Yangtze River in 2019, an 8.9-percent increase from 2018, authorities said on Tuesday.据
January02,2020
China's SF Airlines creates global freight route network
SF Airlines has become China's largest cargo airline and created a global air cargo service network with 65 destinations, said the airline Tuesday.
December31,2019
China's small commodity hub sends 500 cargo trains to Europe in 2019
The eastern Chinese city of Yiwu, home to the world's leading small commodities market, sent 500 cargo trains to Europe in 2019.
December25,2019
Port cooperation to boost cargo trade on Yangtze River
The Port of Shanghai will cooperate with the Port of Ningbo on the comprehensive development of the northern part of southeast China's Xiao Yangshan port area, the China Daily reported Friday.
February22,2019
All-cargo air route opens between China’s Xi’an, Tianjin
An all-cargo air route between Xi’an city of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province and North China’s Tianjin municipality was opened on Tuesday.
January23,2019
China's air transport enterprises carry 7.06 mln tonnes cargo in 2017
China's air transport enterprises carried a total of 7.06 million tonnes of air cargo in 2017, a 5.6 percent year-on-year increase, according to the China Air Transport Association (CATA).
November28,2018
YTO Airlines launches Zhengzhou-Tokyo direct cargo route
China's YTO Airlines on Monday opened a direct air cargo route linking Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, and Tokyo.
September12,2018
China-Europe freight trains via Alataw Pass top 5,000
The number of China-Europe freight trains via Alataw Pass, the largest inland port in Northwest China, has topped 5,000, hinting accelerated trade exchanges between China and countries in Asia and Europe.
June07,2018
China's cargo transport volume up 7.4 pct in April
China's cargo transport for commercial purposes rose 7.4 percent to 4.24 billion tonnes in April, new data showed Tuesday.
May31,2018
Northeast China opens cargo charter air route to the U.S.
A cargo plane from Los Angeles landed early on Tuesday in Harbin, a city in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, completing the first flight of a cargo charter project between the two locations.
May30,2018
China's Yangtze sees rising cargo volume
China's longest river, the Yangtze, saw throughput on its main waterway reach 2.5 billion tonnes in 2017, up 8.2 percent.
January05,2018
China to extend highway cargo link to southeast Asia
A regular road cargo service between southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Bangkok will start operations in July, local authorities said.
June26,2017
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