Tianjin Port Group, the largest port operator in North China, is expected to handle 400 million tonnes of cargo this year, chairman Yu Rumin told China Knowledge Press.

The company's cargo throughput was 380 million tonnes in 2009, up 6.7 percent year-on-year.

Yu added that the group aims to handle 10 million TEUs in 2010.

The group will invest IS$1.9 billion on infrastructure at the port this year, said Yu, adding that the company would start construction on several projects, including the second 300,000-tonne crude oil wharf and an ore wharf.