China's ports are estimated to have handled 8.57 billion tons of cargo in the first six months of 2024, up 4.6 percent year on year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Transport.
According to the data, the waterway freight turnover accounted for 54 percent in China's comprehensive transportation system.
Statistics also show that in the first half of this year, the estimated rail-water intermodal transportation volume of containers at the ports in the country was expected to exceed five million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), up about 17 percent year on year.
Intermodal transportation uses the same load unit, such as containers, when using multiple means of transportation to reduce transshipment time and increase efficiency. China has set a goal of exceeding 15 percent annual growth in rail-water intermodal container traffic at major ports by 2025 in its action plan.
China's ports handle 8.57 billion tons in first half of 2024
China's ports handle 8.57 billion tons in first half of 2024
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that Russian forces have seized a settlement in the Donetsk region and repelled Ukraine's attack in the Kursk region, while the Ukrainian side said on the same day that it was blocking Russian forces' attempts to advance deeper into the country.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense report released on Wednesday, Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Kamyshevka in the Donetsk region and struck a foreign mercenaries' camp in Ukraine in the past day.
In Kharkiv, Avdeyevka, Donetsk and other directions, the Russian army has repelled several Ukrainian attacks and launched offensives, killing and wounding Ukrainian personnel and destroying tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment. Russian air defense forces also shot down 49 Ukrainian drones.
The Russian army has repelled eight attacks launched by the Ukrainian army from several settlements in the direction of Kursk, and the Russian air force and artillery units hit the personnel and equipment concentrations of several Ukrainian army units in the direction of Kursk.
Also on Wednesday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a report that there were 111 battle engagements on the front lines over the past 24 hours. The Russian army continued to try to push deeper, while the Ukrainian forces are fully defending and inflicting losses on the Russian army. The Russian army also continued air strikes on Sumy Oblast. In the Pokrovsk region, Ukrainian forces repelled 23 attacks from the Russian army.
On the same day, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the country's special forces used attack drones to strike an oil depot in Rostov Oblast in Russia. The facility is part of the Russian military-industrial complex and directly supplies the Russian army. A fire has broken out at the oil depot, and details are still being verified.
Russia, Ukraine update battle report
