Yangpu Port, a deep-water port in China's southernmost island province of Hainan, handled 3.3 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2025, up 65 percent from a year earlier, its governing body said Wednesday.

The port's annual cargo throughput surpassed 80 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 30 percent, while its waterway freight turnover exceeded 1.08 trillion ton-kilometers, up 5 percent year on year, according to the Transportation, Port and Waterway Bureau of Yangpu Economic Development Zone in Danzhou City.

All these figures beat the port's annual targets, enhancing its function as an international shipping hub, and improving its radiating capacity.

Yangpu was designated a national-level economic development zone in 1992 and is home to the largest cargo seaport and the most extensive industrial clusters in Hainan.

It has established a shipping network connecting China, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and global trade routes with 65 container liner routes consisting of 30 domestic trade routes and 35 international trade routes.

The number of vessels flagged under the "China Yangpu Port" port of registry came in at 83, with a total carrying capacity of over 7.6215 million deadweight tons, ranking first among domestic free trade zones.