The volume of container cargo handled at South Korea's seaports jumped in July, as economic recovery resulted in a hike in trade, Yonhap reported.

The volume of containers totalled 1.68 million TEUs last month, up 20.8 percent from the same period a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs.

This marked the second largest amount recorded for a month following 1.71 million TEUs in May of this year. Since April, monthly figures have stayed over 1.6 million TEUs.