Shandong Port Group experiences throughput increase
China DailyFrom January to June this year, Shandong Port Group's total cargo throughput exceeded 700 million tons, with a year-on-year growth of 7.1 percent, according to official statistics. According to Li Fengli, general manager of Shandong Port Group, the company has worked with shipping companies, as well as its counterpart ports and railway departments, to ensure a sufficient supply of vehicles, goods and containers and to help sustain the global supply chain that has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Li said his company has been ramping up efforts with global leading shipping companies to open new routes and increase shipping capacity at ports in Shandong. Li said his group would continue to expand its operations into the country's inland areas, bolster the province's opening-up and pursue its efforts become a world-class port conglomerate.