China's Beibu Gulf Port sees record container throughput (3)

Photo taken on Dec. 28, 2020 shows containers being handled at the Qinzhou Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The five millionth twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers in 2020 was handled at the Qinzhou Port area of the Beibu Gulf Port on Monday, marking the Beibu Gulf Port's container throughput reaching 5 million TEUs this year. The Beibu Gulf Port currently has 268 berths for commercial vessels. A total of 52 shipping routes link the gulf with many ports both at home and abroad, including major ASEAN ports, according to the Beibu Gulf Port Group. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)