Container volume at the port was 7.67 million teu, anincrease of11.5% year-on-year. Container cargovolume on South America and North America tradesboth achieved double-digit growth in Q1.

According to Qingdao port, it has received four newinternational container services this year to EastAmerica, Europe and Southeast Asia to ease capacityshortage from foreign trading

With the continued optimisation of port handling efficiency, large-size containership operation number at Qingdao port up 21.2% during January and April this year.