Port of Haikou's volume expected to hit 100 million tonnes by 2015

TWO new port areas, Macun and Xinhai, are soon to start construction at south Hainan province's Port of Haikou, expected to raise Haikou's annual throughput to 100 million tonnes after they are finished in 2015.

The project cost CNY8.89 billion (US$1.4 billion) to build. After completion, Macun and Xinhai port area will be the new traffic and logistics hub, raising Haikou port's annual container throughput to 1.8 million TEU. At the meantime, the port's passenger throughput is expected to increase to 20 million people a year.