<image>Ningbo Port's annual cargo throughput ranks second on the mainland and fifth in the world; the following image is a statistical chart of Ningbo Port's cargo throughput from 1994 to 2004.

(1) What information can you discern from the statistical chart? Please state two points.
(2) Someone asserts that the average growth rate of Ningbo Port's cargo throughput every two years does not exceed 15%. Do you think their statement is correct? Please explain why.