The port container throughput of Hebei province has seen some fast, steady growth this year, with the Jan-to-Sept period showing a container throughput of 600,600 TEUs, for a year-on-year growth of 6.7 percent. The ports of Qinhuangdao handled 267,400 TEUs, while Tangshan handled 280,900, and Huanghua, 52,300.

In September, port container throughput was 75,826 TEUs, for a record single-month. In the first toll-free week of October, port container throughput of the province was 13,000 TEUs, a year-on-year growth rate of 28.1 percent.