THE Port of Zhangjiagang, 70 miles upstream from Shanghai in Jiangsu province, enjoyed a 39.9 per cent year-on-year increase in container volume to 620,000 TEU in the first seven months, as well as an overall 37.5 per cent jump in cargo throughput to 110 million tonnes reported Xinhua.

Import and export volumes increased 17.2 per cent year on year to 2.7 billion tonnes. The city (pop 1.2 million) has had an annual throughput of more than 100 million tonnes for five years, which has best the cargo volume in all of Jiangsu province.