The reporter learned from the Yangtze River Navigation Management Bureau of the Ministry of Transport that in the first quarter, the Yangtze River trunk ports completed a cargo throughput of 871 million tons and a container throughput of 5.759 million TEUs, with year-on-year growth of 6.2% and 8.1%, respectively. The production of Yangtze River shipping and transportation achieved a "good start". Since the beginning of this year, the waterway transportation of the Yangtze River has shown a continuous and steady growth trend. In the first quarter, the shipping volume of the Three Gorges Hub reached 39.8936 million tons, an increase of 22.08% year-on-year; In terms of key cargo transportation, the Yangtze River mainline imported and exported 190 million tons of coal, 22.117 million tons of grain, and 32.686 million tons of oil, natural gas, and products, with year-on-year growth of 9.2%, 8.2%, and 8.8%, respectively. (New News Agency)