Qingdao Port releases 2022 report
China DailyUploaded containers are seen at Qingdao Port in Shandong province on Jan 9, 2023. According to the annual report, Qingdao Port handled 627 million metric tons of cargo last year, up 10.3 percent year-on-year. Its container throughput stood at 26.82 million twenty-foot equivalent units, up 13.1 percent, while its dry bulk general cargo throughput hit 238 million tons, up 13.3 percent. In 2022, Qingdao Port achieved a revenue of 19.26 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 14.71 percent, while its total profit hit 6.56 billion yuan, up 12.34 percent. Over the past year, Qingdao Port gave full play to the advantages of Shandong's port reform and integrated development, as well as grasped opportunities brought by several opening-up platforms like the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area and the China Pilot Free Trade Zone Qingdao Area.