It is reported that Port of Jiangyin, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, plans to spend CNY500 million on upgrading its facilities to make sure its container throughput reaches 750,000 TEU a year. The port also aims to have its overall cargo tonnage surpass 100 million tonnes and foreign trade cargo reach 12.5 million tonnes by the end of this year.

As per report, the port kept a robust growth of 63.5%YoY in its container throughput last year even under global economic downturn, which amounted to 502,162 TEU. Its cargo throughput rose 21% to 87.4 million tonnes.

(Source: SchedNet)