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Organization of the logistic chain in the Chinese international trade
By 2020, container terminals will have a total capacity of over 200 M TEU. The aggregate traffic
capacity of coastal ports shall reach about 6.4 billion tons.
A. Seaports and Infrastructure
By the end of 2003, there were more than 130 ports in China opened to foreign vessels. Over 80.000
foreign-flag vessels are calling every year to Chinese ports.
There are over 3.300 productive berths in coastal ports with a total handling capacity of 1,7 billion tons.
Among them, 745 are deep water berths, with a handling capacity of 10.000 tons each.
The tonnage of China’s international maritime transport fleet is over 44 million DWT, ranking No.5 in
the world.
China’s Top 10 Container Ports (Million TEU)
Main Ports
Container
throughput
Jan-set 2006
Container
throughput
2005
Container
throughput
2004
Growth
2004-2005
Growth
2003-2004
Shanghai 15,96 18,08 14,6 23.8% 29%
Shenzhen 13,41 16,19 13,7 18.2% 28.2%
Qingdao 5,64 6,30 5,1 23.5% 21.3%
Ningbo 5,17 5,20 4,0 30.0% 44.5%
Tianjin 4.34 4,80 3,8 26.3% 26.5%
Guangzhou 4.80 4,68 3,3 39.4% 19.5%
Xiamen 2.90 3,34 2,9 13.8% 23.2%
Dalian 2.33 2,65 2,2 18.2% 32.4%
Zhongshan 0.80 1,07 0.9 11.1% 22.1%
Fuzhou - -- 0.7 - 18.6%
Lianyungang 0.90 1.00 -- 100% --
Source: China Ministry of Communications
Top 10 Chinese Coastal Ports in Cargo Throughput (2004)
Main Ports Freight handled Number of Length of
(Million tons) berths (units) Quay line (m)
Shanghai 379,0 197 24.046
Ningbo 225,9 79 10.042
Guangzhou 215,2 133 14.645
Tianjin 206,2 114 20.324
Qingdao 162,7 55 12.788
Qinghuangdao 150.3 57 10.077
Dalian 145,2 223 30.715
Shenzhen 135.3 -- --
Zhoushan 73.5 -- --
Fuzhou 59.3 -- --
Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2005, The report on China’s shipping development 2004
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