The Port of Guangzhou's throughput exceeded 400 million tons Monday morning, becoming the third largest international port on the Chinese mainland behind the ports of Shanghai and Ningbo-Zhoushan.
Guangzhou Port connects businesses with over 350 ports in 80 countries around the world. According to Mr. Chang Min, Director General of the Guangzhou Port Authority, the port plans to invest about 20 billion Yuan to improve the port's facilities in the near future. With 20 new deep water berths and a new handling capacity of 150 million tons, throughput is expected to reach 500 million tons, while container throughput should reach 18 million TEU by 2015.
