THE Port of Wuhan plans to build 11 new berths and upgrade five existing berths to generate an extra capacity of 2.7 million TEU to become the largest port and container hub on the upper and middle Yangtze in the next five to 15 years, Xinhua reported.
The port's throughput will surpass 1.5 million TEU or 100 million tons by 2010 and later rise to 2.9 million TEU or 168 million tons by 2020.
According to director of Wuhan port authority Wang Changqing, the port will become the transshippment hub for trade between central, south western, eastern and northern China as well as southeast Asia.
Port of Wuhan handled 348,000 TEU or 50.3 million tons in 2006.
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