China ports container volume rises 7.0% in 2021

Ningbo Containerized Freight Index remains stable in January 2022

In 2021, the cargo volume of Chinese ports was 15545.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; the container throughput of Chinese ports was 282.7 million TEU, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%. The chart below shows the cargo throughput and container throughput data of the twelve major ports in China.

In terms of container freight rates, the average value of the Ningbo Container Freight index (NCFI) in January was quotes 4201.8 points, have an increase of 1.6% compare to last month. The tightness of the shipping space on the Ningbo to North America route has eased compared with the previous few weeks, and the freight rate fluctuated steadily at a high point. The average freight rate of 40GP from Ningbo Port to Los Angeles port and New York& New Jersey port in January was $8041 and $9733, have an increase of 3.9% and 4.0% month-on-month respectively. 

	Cargo Volume (in '0000 Tons)				Containers Throughput (in '0000 TEUs)
Port	December	YOY %	January - December	YOY %	December	YOY %	January - December	YOY %
Dalian	2655	6.4%	31553	-5.5%	32	39.1%	367	-28.1%
Tianjin	3557	20.1%	52954	5.3%	106	-15.2%	2027	10.4%
Qingdao	4612	-68%	63029	4.3%	184	-8.0%	2371	7.8%
Rizao	4691	28.4%	54117	9.1%	38	-50%	517	6.4%
Lianyungang	1969	6.9%	26918	11.3%	43	13.2%	503	4.8%
Shanghai	5910	0.8%	69827	7.3%	398	9.3%	4703	8.1%
Ningbo&Zhoushan	9930	12.4%	122405	4.4%	209	-6.7%	3108	8.2%
Xiamen	2077	15.8%	22756	9.7%	104	4.0%	1205	5.6%
Shenzhen	2449	-4.2%	27838	5.0%	253	-1.6%	2877	8.4%
Guangzhou	5139	-1.7%	62367	1.8%	214	3.9%	2418	4.4%
Beibu Gulf	3301	29.3%	35822	21.2%	62	21.6%	601	19.0%
Yinkou	2021	-7.8%	22997	-35%	43	-10.4%	521	-7.8%