The port of Chongqing, situated on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, posted a 31 per cent year-on-year increase in container throughput to 70,000 TEU in May. The total was also 19 per cent more than in April.

The port's general cargo volume in May increased 14 per cent year-on-year to 10.32m tonnes. Foreign trade-related throughput surged 61 per cent to 430,000 tonnes.