Annual Report 2021

19 ANNUAL REPORT 2021 tonnes, indicating an increase of 3.9% year-on-year. Tianjin Port Container Terminal Co., Ltd. contributed a container throughput of 8.64 million TEUs, representing an increase of 9.9% year-on-year, which was mainly attributable to close business connection with partners. South-East region of Mainland China Shantou China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd. (“ Shantou Port ”) handled a container throughput of 1.80 million TEUs, up by 13.4% year-on-year, which was mainly due to the volume growth in domestic containers. Due to the decrease in shipping routes affected by the pandemic, Zhangzhou China Merchants Port Co., Ltd. located in the Xiamen Bay Economic Zone handled a container throughput of 0.27 million TEUs, decreased by 15.2% year-on-year, while benefitted from the development of North-South grain business, its bulk cargo volume increased by 37.2% year-on-year to 8.68 million tonnes. Xia Men Bay China Merchants Terminals Co., Ltd. handled a bulk cargo volume of 5.65 million tonnes for the year, up by 770.3% year-on-year, which was benefitted from business synergies, steady improvement of the grain and sandstone businesses, and the vigorous development of new cargo types such as sugar. South-West region of Mainland China Zhanjiang Port (Group) Co., Ltd. handled a container throughput of 1.22 million TEUs, up by 0.2 % year-on-year. It handled a bulk cargo volume of 95.54 million tonnes, up by 5.1% year-on-year.