一、发展概况随着我国经济持续健康的发展,我国港口又进入了新一轮的发展期,近年来,港口吞吐量的发展超出人们的预期。2004年,我国主要港口完成货物吞吐量33亿吨,其中沿海港口完成24.56亿吨,同比增长24%,仅次于日本,已稳居世界第二位。集装箱吞吐量达到6090万标箱,比上年增长26 I. Overview of Development With the sustained and healthy development of our economy, our country’s port has entered a new round of development. In recent years, the throughput of the port has exceeded the expectations of the people. In 2004, China’s major ports completed 3.3 billion tons of cargo throughput, of which 2.456 billion tons of coastal ports were completed, up 24% over the same period of last year, second only to Japan and ranking the second in the world. Container throughput reached 60.9 million TEUs, an increase of 26 over the previous year