The Port of Nantong is one of the 14 Chinese coastal ports that were first
open to the outside world. It is located on the northern shore of the Yangtse
River and is the first estuary port from the Yellow Sea into the Yangtse
River. It is designated as a major hub port by the state, since it enjoys
the advantages of both the “golden coast” and the “golden waterway”(the
Yangste River) . It has a vast economic hinterland that is backed by the
North Jiangsu Plain and covers six provinces and one municipality in the
Yangtse River Valley. Since the port was approved by the standing Committee
of the National People’s Congress(NPC) to be open to foreign-flag vessels,
it has had shipping links with 199 ports in 65 countries or regions around
the world .
Under the jurisdiction of the Port of Nantong , there is a river shore
length of 226km and a sea shore length of 210km, totaling 436km.The port
has been rapidly expanded since the reform and opening-up policy was adopted
. Currently there are 7port areas on the 31.5km-long deepwater shoreline
of the Yangtse River. By 2004 the port of Nantong had 72 berths of 1,000dwt
class or over, including 30ble to accommodate over 10,000dwt sea-going
ships. In 2004, 7218.2million tons of cargo was handled by the port, 28.7
TEUs of containers. The port has three international container liner services
to Japan, Korea and Hong Kong respectively, and several feeder liners linking
to Shanghai Port which has liner services to European and North America.
The port has become an important member of the port group of the Shanghai
International Shipping Center, and a base of collection and distribution
of large-volume bulk cargoes in foreign and domestic trade on the Yangtse
River.
The Port of Nantong is expected to handle 12000 million tons of cargo in
the 11th Five-year Plan period. The Port of Nantong will expand from the
current 6 port areas to 10 port areas both on the Yangtse River and on
the sea , to cater to the needs of local economic fevelopment. They include
the eight port areas of Rugao , Tiansheng , Tongzhou , Rengang , Lanshan
, Jianghai , Fumin and Haimen on the Yangtse River and Lusi Port area in
Qidong County and Yangkou Port area in Rudong county. They will form a
port cluster on the north wing of Shanghai. By the time these projects
are complete, the port of Nantong will develop into a large and comprehensive
international port with complete functions and complementary industries.
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