Zhanjiang Port

　　Zhanjiang Port is situated in Zhanjiang City on the northeastern part of the Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong Province, bordering the South China Sea to the south and backed by the southwest. It is a key port for the import and export of goods in southwestern and western regions of South China, and also the port on mainland China with the shortest shipping routes to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The inner harbor shoreline of Zhanjiang Port stretches 241 kilometers, three times that of the world’s largest port, Rotterdam, including 97 kilometers of coastline suitable for constructing deep-water ports.

　　By the end of 1995, Zhanjiang Port covered a water area of 1,460 square kilometers, with over 4 million square meters of land area in the port district. It had 31 production berths, including 24 berths capable of handling ships over 10,000 tons, with a maximum berthing capacity of 50,000 tons. The port boasted 190,000 square meters of warehouse space, 630,000 square meters of open storage yards, 46 oil tanks with a total volume of 180,000 cubic meters, and an instantaneous storage capacity exceeding 2 million tons. There were also over 640 units (sets) of various loading and unloading machinery. In 1995, Zhanjiang Port handled a cargo throughput of 7.279 million tons, including 10.354 million tons of foreign trade cargo. It completed 25,338 TEUs of containers. Major cargo categories included petroleum, ores, coal, grain, fertilizers, wood chips, and more.

　　During the Eighth Five-Year Plan period (1991–1995), Zhanjiang Port built 7 new berths (including 6 berths capable of handling ships over 10,000 tons), adding 2.43 million tons of handling capacity, which included 2 10,000-ton container berths. Zhanjiang Port has established a sister-port relationship with Ho Chi Minh City Port in Vietnam.