OREANDA-NEWS. July 28, 2011. The volume of containers handled by at terminals operated by the Guangzhou Port Group increased by 10.3 percent year-over-year in the first half of 2011 to 5.2 million 20-foot equivalent units. Nansha Port on the Pearl River Delta, which is part of the Guangzhou port zone, handled 3.9 million TEUs, an increase of 12.7 percent from the year-earlier period, the state-owned port group said.

During the first half of 2011, the volume of export containers moving through Nansha Port increased 41.3 percent, with exports to the U.S. up 18.5 percent; to Europe up 9 percent,; the Middle East up 166 percent; Intra-Asia up 18.7 percent; Africa up 232.5 percent; and to Oceania up 35.8 percent.