Hubei province plans to increase Wuhan port’s container capacity to 3.3m TEU by 2015 and overall cargo capacity to 150m tonnes, reported Xinhua. According to Hubei provincial transport department director Lin Zhihu, channel dredging and the formation of a Wuhan-centred port cluster will be the focus of activity over the next five years.

Between 2006 and 2010 Hubei spent Rmb10bn on port and shipping projects, nearly 10 times the sum in the earlier five-year period. In the coming five years, the province will spend Rmb28bn on such projects.