SIPG Jiujiang port reported a record year-on-year monthly jump of 28 per cent in cargo throughput in June to 630,000 tons. Container throughput also rose, by 8 per cent year-on-year to 7,735 teu, continuing an upward trend that began in May. Equally important for the port, in the first six months 71 new customers brought it additional revenues of Rmb2.8m.

Jiujiang port in Jiangxi province is more than 90 per cent owned by the Shanghai International Port Group.