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The Yangtze

The Yangtze. The future of cargo growth in China SAM CHAMBERS. World Ocean Forum, Busan. China’s inland waterways. Fastest grower. While port volumes across China’s coastline become accustomed to single digit growth … The Yangtze steams ahead Throughput grew 26% last year along the river

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The Yangtze

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  1. The Yangtze The future of cargo growth in China SAM CHAMBERS World Ocean Forum, Busan

  2. China’s inland waterways

  3. Fastest grower While port volumes across China’s coastline become accustomed to single digit growth … The Yangtze steams ahead Throughput grew 26% last year along the river And an almost identical growth rate is predicted this year and next In China, freight development of emerging areas is often best seen in air cargo numbers – along the Yangtze air cargo volumes are growing fast

  4. Ship evolution TGD: Three Gorges Dam

  5. Chongqing: The world’s largest municipality

  6. Export powerhouse Rising IT hub to add to its automotive credentials Port will have 7 m teu capacity by 2015

  7. Chengdu: Ancient city turned IT hub

  8. Manufacturer of 20% of the world’s computers Home of the iPad Airport has fastest growing air cargo volumes in China

  9. Wuhan: China’s nexus

  10. Cargo bullseye Where the north – south rail and the east-west Yangtze intersect Port has 5m teu aspirations

  11. Grand return 2,500-year-old Grand Canal links Ningbo with Beijing Set for major upgrade whereby draft will be 5.5 metres

  12. Not just an export story Latest five-year-plan calls for greater Chinese consumerism In 2015, China will bring to the global arena a total of 150m consumers most of which will be spending close to $40,000 in annual incomes. China will become the world's largest luxury goods market by 2020 China is on track to have a 700% rise in income in just 20 years

  13. Logistics pitfalls 18% of China’s GDP is spent on logistics Too fragmented an industry Ports are the most advanced logistics infrastructure in the country Yangtze will be central to freight development in China

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