Coal shipment of Tianjin Port reached 6.72 Million tonnes in November'2011

Tue, December27, 2011

Tianjin port shipped 6.72 million tonnes of coal in November, decreasing 600,000 tonnes versus 7.32 million tonnes in October, while up 21.09% or 1.17 million tonnes from a year earlier.

Coal shipment in the first eleven months totaled 77.44 million tonnes, surging 30.7% or 18.17 million tonnes compared with the same period last year and 13 million tonnes more than the port's total shipment of 64.48 million tonnes in 2010.

Tianjin port has 16 coal-handling berths, with an annual throughput capacity of 85 million tonnes.
(source:Steel Home,Hellenic Shipping)