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Wed, 11/11/2009 - 17:08
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Korea's Oct. seaport container handling grows 4.9 pct

SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The volume of containers handled at South Korea's
seaports rose 4.9 percent last month, bolstered by rebounding economic activity,
a report showed Wednesday.
According to the report by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs,
containers processed at local seaports amounted to 1.49 million TEUs, or 20-foot
equivalent units, last month compared with 1.41 million TEUs a month earlier.
Busan, the nation's largest port city, saw the processed container volume exceed
1 million TEUs in October for the fourth consecutive month. The corresponding
figures for Gwangyang and Incheon amounted to 1.66 million TEUs and 145,000 TEUs,
respectively, the report showed.
kokobj@yna.co.kr
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