Hainan's Yangpu port boosts container throughput 30pc in 2007

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29 Feb 2008

Hainan's provincial Port of Yangpu lifted 110,000 TEU last year, up 30 per cent compared to the year before. The port's overall cargo tonnage increased to 23 million tonnes, more than double 2006's volume, Xinhua reported. Yangpu port's new shipping line, connecting Hong Kong, was launched in October last year and was said to have been responsible for the port's container growth last year. Yangpu currently has 16 berths with a 5,000- to 300,000- tonne capacity, with nine moorings that can accommodate more than 10,000-tonne ships. The port has been approved by the state to set up a bonded port area, which has attracted a number of large terminal investors from home and abroad including Chinese shipping giant Cosco.