From 17 June, Jiangsu Maritime Safety Bureau will start registering all its 179 terminals that handle dangerous goods in an effort to check their safety and emergency precautions. The terminals combined handle 270 types of dangerous goods, with a total storage capacity of nearly 10m cubic metres of liquid chemicals.

Last year, 400-500 chemical vessels operated in the Jiangsu stretch of the Yangtze on a daily basis, carrying a total average cargo of 300,000 tons.