The Jiangsu port of Jiangyin reported a general cargo throughput of 107m tons in 2009, up 22 per cent year-on-year, while container throughput increased nearly 50 per cent to 752,000 TEU.

The growth of container throughput was the largest among major ports on the Yangtze. Jiangyin is now the fifth largest river port in China, according to the figures from the Yangtze River Administration.