The port is home to 40 shipping companies who have launched around 130 international container routes. There are 560 ships on call at Shenzhen port on a monthly basis and also 21 feeder routes to other ports in the Pearl River Delta region.[2]Shekou Passenger Terminal provides fast ferry services across the Pearl River Delta to Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.
The Port of Shenzhen is spread along Shenzhen city’s 260 km coastline. It is separated by the New Territories and the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong into two areas: the eastern port and the western port.[2]
Shenzhen port's western port is located to the east of Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary and consist of a deep water harbor with safe natural shelters. It is about 37.04 km from Hong Kong to the south and 111.12 km from Guangzhou to the north. As a result, the western port area is connected to the pearl river region which includes cities and counties along the river. The western port is also linked to On See dun waterway which allows trade to reach all the way to other ports.[2]
The eastern port area is situated north of Dapeng Bay where the harbor is broad and calm and is claimed to be the best natural harbor in South China.[2]
The Port of Shenzhen consists of facilities in the following areas: Dachan Bay, Shekou, Chiwan, Mawan, Yantian, Dongjiaotou, Fuyong, Xiadong, Shayuchong and Neihe.
It has a total of 140 berths, including:
51 berths for vessels with 10,000 tonnes deadweight (DWT) and above.
90 operational berths, in which 43 are of 10,000 DWT or above, 18 container berths, 9 consignee berths, among which 3 are of 10,000 DWT or above, 18 passenger ferry berths, and 23 non-production berths.[2]
port, shenzhen, confused, with, shenzhen, port, port, entry, border, with, hong, kong, collective, name, number, ports, along, parts, coastline, shenzhen, guangdong, province, china, these, ports, whole, forms, busiest, fastest, growing, container, ports, worl. Not to be confused with Shenzhen Bay Port a port of entry on the border with Hong Kong The Port of Shenzhen is a collective name of a number of ports along parts of the coastline of Shenzhen Guangdong Province China These ports as a whole forms one of the busiest and fastest growing container ports in the world 1 Port of Shenzhen 深圳港LocationCountry People s Republic of ChinaLocationShenzhen GuangdongDetailsOwned byShenzhen GovernmentPort of ShenzhenSimplified Chinese深圳港Traditional Chinese深圳港TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShenzhen GǎngWade GilesShen chen kangYue CantoneseYale RomanizationSamJan GongJyutpingSam1zan3 Gong2The port is home to 40 shipping companies who have launched around 130 international container routes There are 560 ships on call at Shenzhen port on a monthly basis and also 21 feeder routes to other ports in the Pearl River Delta region 2 Shekou Passenger Terminal provides fast ferry services across the Pearl River Delta to Hong Kong Macau and Zhuhai Contents 1 Geography 2 Infrastructure 3 Sisters ports 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksGeography editThe Port of Shenzhen is spread along Shenzhen city s 260 km coastline It is separated by the New Territories and the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong into two areas the eastern port and the western port 2 Shenzhen port s western port is located to the east of Lingdingyang in the Pearl River Estuary and consist of a deep water harbor with safe natural shelters It is about 37 04 km from Hong Kong to the south and 111 12 km from Guangzhou to the north As a result the western port area is connected to the pearl river region which includes cities and counties along the river The western port is also linked to On See dun waterway which allows trade to reach all the way to other ports 2 The eastern port area is situated north of Dapeng Bay where the harbor is broad and calm and is claimed to be the best natural harbor in South China 2 The second largest Chinese port is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast south to the tip of India via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its rail connections to Central Europe and the North Sea 3 4 5 6 7 nbsp Port of Shenzhen viewed from Shenzhen BayInfrastructure editThe Port of Shenzhen consists of facilities in the following areas Dachan Bay Shekou Chiwan Mawan Yantian Dongjiaotou Fuyong Xiadong Shayuchong and Neihe It has a total of 140 berths including 51 berths for vessels with 10 000 tonnes deadweight DWT and above 90 operational berths in which 43 are of 10 000 DWT or above 18 container berths 9 consignee berths among which 3 are of 10 000 DWT or above 18 passenger ferry berths and 23 non production berths 2 Sisters ports edit nbsp Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Spain 8 See also editHong Kong Shenzhen Western Corridor Shekou Passenger TerminalReferences edit China s Grand Plans for Shenzhen a b c d e Shen Zhen Port Archived 2007 08 29 at the Wayback Machine Can the New Silk Road Compete with the Maritime Silk Road Wolf D Hartmann Wolfgang Maennig Run Wang Chinas neue Seidenstrasse 2017 China s maritime Silk Road plan starts a wave of bandwagon jumping at home The Maritime Silk Road in South East Asia Top 10 ports in China El puerto de Santa Cruz y el de Shenzhen en China hermanadosExternal links editShenzhen Port Official Website Bureau of Communications of Shenzhen Municipality Ports Administration of Shenzhen Municipality China AH BJ CQ FJ GD HK MO N E W GS GX GZ HA HB HE HI HL HN JL JS S N JX LN NM NX QH SC SD SH SN SX TJ XJ XZ YN ZJ 22 30 N 113 53 E 22 500 N 113 883 E 22 500 113 883 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Port of Shenzhen amp oldid 1154091961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
