According to the statistics from Nantong Bureau of Maritime Affairs, there are total 172771 ships in or out of Nantong Port, increasing 19.57% over the same period time of last year, among which are 170258 internal trade ships and 2513 ships for foreign trade, the total tonnage reachs a new high to 0.176 billion tons, increasing by 27.11%. from the statistics, we could see the total tonnage of both sea vessels and inland vessels realizes a comprehensive growth, in more than 20% increase over the same period of time last year.