SEAPORTS in China's Zhejiang province are expected to handle 12.35 million TEU by 2010, Xinhua reports.

According to the latest provincial port development plan, cargo throughput will grow at a rate of 6.7 per cent annually between now and then to total 610 million tons in 2010.

The aggregate amount for 2010 is expected to comprise of 92 million tons of coal and 150 million tons of petroleum-related products, the state media added.