 The port was designed for a capacity of 500,000 deadweight tons (DWT) of cargo a year, but was handling 1,500,000 tons (DWT) by 2009.The main quay is long enough to accommodate three ships at once, each of 10,000 DWT.China agreed in 2009 to invest US$282 million in the port, aiming to extend the main quay by over .