Chongqing first quarter outbound rail freight volume increases 0.55pc
2012 05 02
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SOUTHWEST China city Chongqing handled 5.46 million tonnes of outbound rail freight in the first three months of this year, an fractional increase of 0.55 per cent over the same period a year ago, Xinhua reports.
Outbound containerised cargo dropped 10.8 per cent to 191,000 tonnes. Coal increased 13.9 per cent to 2.69 million tonnes. Metallic ore dropped 27.7 per cent to 811,000 tonnes. Steel fell one per cent to 283,000 tonnes.
In the same period, inbound railway cargo volume grew 1.1 per cent to 9.89 million tonnes. Container cargo increased 11 per cent to 828,000 tonnes. Coal dropped 8.8 per cent to 2.86 million tonnes. Petroleum jumped 34.7 per cent up to 470,000 tonnes. Metallic ore plunged 25.8 per cent to 307,000 tonnes. Steel grew 11.6 per cent to 2.29 million tonnes. Grain increased 31.2 per cent to 653,000 tonnes.
In March, Chongqing loaded 1.98 million tonnes of cargo onto 33,599 outbound rail cars. The cargo volume was 11.5 per cent more than in February and 4.6 per cent more than in the same month in 2011.
Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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