Steady traffic reported by Huanghua port

Despite the global shipping slump, Huanghua port in Hebei province has reported steady annual increases in cargo and container volumes.

According to the latest data from the port, it handled a total of 130 million metric tons of cargo in 2012, an increase of 12.4 percent on 2011.

Coal throughput jumped by 5 percent from a year earlier to 105 million tons, accounting for 81 percent of its total cargo flow.