| Volume of Freight Handled in Major Coastal Ports | ||||||||||
| (1000 tons) | ||||||||||
| Seaport | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Total | 54449 | 105940 | 160249 | 384010 | 864210 | 961880 | 1066554 | 1181370 | 1285930 | 1342180 |
| Qingdao | 30340 | 51030 | 86607 | 186785 | 350121 | 372297 | 414658 | 457825 | 477010 | 497490 |
| Yantai | 6680 | 13610 | 19639 | 45060 | 150327 | 180293 | 243453 | 286800 | 319710 | 330270 |
| Rizhao | 9250 | 14520 | 26738 | 84208 | 225967 | 252603 | 283870 | 318085 | 353240 | 360820 |
| Weihai | 1001 | 3787 | 6583 | 15317 | 24072 | 30025 | 62000 | 70007 | 71100 | 73240 |