Sixth phase of Waigaoqiao port set to open

Shanghai: The sixth phase of construction at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao Port has been almost completed and the facilities will become operational later in December, further boosting the container handling capacity of the city.?This phase is expected to add 2.1m teu of annual capacity and handle 730,000 units of cars annually, the city's port operator said this week.
Waigaoqiao accounts for more than half of the city's container throughput. [03/12/10]