The port of Nantong, situated near the mouth of the Yangtze, posted a throughput of 33,000 TEU in January 2010, 46 per cent higher than in the same month last year. This rate of increase was the fastest recorded by the port in nearly two years, Xinhua reported.

General cargo throughput tonnage at the Jiangsu port increased 24 per cent to 11.8m tonnes.

For the whole of 2010, Nantong is targeting an annual cargo tonnage of 140m tonnes and a container throughput of 450,000 TEU.