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