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Container ships are loaded at Tianjin port, one of the major ports in North China and now one of the busiest ports in the world Monday 22 March. With a throughput of over 3 million TEUs in 2003 it is fourth largest among China's coastal ports after Shanghai, Shenzhen and Qingdao. Almost 20 billion yuan (2 billion euros) has been allocated to bring capacity up to 10 million TEUs annually by 2010. (KEYSTONE/EPA/ADRIAN BRADSHAW)