According to the latest figures posted by the Ministry of Transportation, during the first 2 months of this year, China recorded growth in both road and waterway cargo transport volume.
China moved 760 million tonnes (mt) of freight on waterways in this period, which was 6.4%more than a year ago. Cargo turnover improved 3% to 1.34 trillion tonnes per kilometre.
Road freight transportation volume climbed 9% to 5.43 billion tonnes. Turnover grew 11.1% to one trillion tonnes per kilometre.
In February, China moved 360 mt of cargo on waterways and 2.56 billion on road. Waterway cargo turnover was 644.5 billion tonnes per kilometre. Road cargo turnover was 472.9 billion tonnes per kilometre.