Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives

    Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
  2. 2

    CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants

    CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
  3. 3

    Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13

    Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13
  4. 4

    Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5

    Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
  5. 5

    Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition

    Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
  1. 6

    N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism

    N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism
  2. 7

    Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid

    Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid
  3. 8

    [Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts

    [Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts
  4. 9

    Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome

    Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome
  5. 10

    Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains

    Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains
소아쌤

Korea's seaport cargo up 3.8% in Q1

By a2016032

Published : April 28, 2017 - 09:24

    • Link copied

Cargo processed at South Korean seaports rose slightly during the first three months of 2017 from a year earlier amid a steady increase in exports, government data showed Friday.

Cargo handled at the country's seaports came to 389.92 million tons in the January-March period, up from 375.64 million tons tallied a year earlier, according to the data by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

Non-container cargo rose 3.1 percent on-year to 278.54 million tons during the three-month period, while container freight gained 2.3 percent to 6.49 million twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs).

A total of 318.25 million tons of export-import cargo was processed in the first quarter, up 2.8 percent from the previous year's 309.45 million tons.

Busan was South Korea's biggest maritime gateway with cargo handling reaching 92.6 million tons over the cited period, outpacing the southwestern port of Gwangyang with 72.55 million tons and Ulsan with 50.9 million tons, the latest data showed. (Yonhap)

More from Headlines