All three rivers intersect here as part of the Pearl River Estuary. Qingdao is an important hub for trade along the New Silk Road and this is arguably what drove Hong Kong-based shipping logistics company SITC International to inaugurate its Global Shipping Logistics Center near the port.Location: The port of Guangzhou is situated at the intersection of the most important rivers of Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang in S China. Through January to October of 2021, this major port on the Yellow Sea handled 19,870,000 TEU, increasing 10.3% compared to January to October 2020. Staying in the same spot as in our original list of the top five ports in China, Qingdao Port continues to be the fifth busiest port in China. The terminal is set to be located in Section C of the port and zero emissions is meant to be achieved through the construction of a green energy supply. In August this year, the Tianjin Port Group announced it is to build the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) zero-carbon terminal. Tianjin is one of the ports in China heavily dedicated to making operations greener. Handling a total of 17,600,000 TEU, the port saw a year-on-year increase of just over 13%. The Port of Tianjin, the largest port in Northern China and main maritime gateway to the country’s capital, has seen the second-largest increase in containers through this period. One such example of this can be seen in their signing of a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement for Construction of World-Class Ports’ alongside the Tianjin Port Group in 2020. Xiamen is just one of the ports also promoting the acceleration of innovation in China’s maritime sector. Handling a year-to-date total of 10 million TEU, the port saw a 6.4% increase in throughput through these first ten months. Located along the Jiulongjiang River in southern Fujian, the Port of Xiamen is a very important deep-water port to the Chinese economy. This also marks the largest year-on-year increase on this list. In the first ten months of 2021, the port reached a total of 4,770,000 TEU in throughput, increasing a massive 18.6% compared to the same period the previous year. Overall, a year-to-date total of 4,310,000 TEU has been handled at the port.īeibuwan Port, also known as Beibu Gulf Port, is a seaport in the Guangxi province of China owned by the Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group. The deep-water seaport on the coast of the city of Rizhao experienced an 8% year-on-year in container throughput in the first ten months of 2021. The Port of Rizhao has also seen recent success with growing container handling figures. One of the drivers behind digitalisation at the port includes the implementation of Navis N4 TOS at its Lianyungang New Oriental International Terminals (LNOIT) back in 2019. Lianyungang, located near the mouth of the Qiangwei River in the Northern Jiangsu province of China, has celebrated recent success with a 4% year-on-year increase in October, handling 4,180,000 TEU. With container handling figures for the year so far announced, it gives us a very clear idea of what ports will be leading the charge into 2022. This demonstrates an increase of 8.4% compared to the same period in 2020. While we are still awaiting the final figures from the Ningbo Shipping Exchange for the final two months of the year, it is already clear to see that China has had a very productive 2021.Ĭhinese ports handled a total of 235.48 million TEU for the first ten months, period ending 30 October 2021. Previously, we have counted down the Five Busiest Ports in Europe, the UK, and Southeast Asia. PTI is revitalising its series which gives the spotlight to the biggest and best-performing ports from across the world. As the year draws to a close, PTI has taken on the task of counting down the top ten ports in China in 2021.
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