Port of Longkou

Coordinates: 37°39′50″N 120°18′12″E / 37.66389°N 120.30333°E / 37.66389; 120.30333
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Port of Longkou
龙口港
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Location
People's Republic of China
LocationLongkou, Shandong Province,
Details
Opened1914
Operated byLongkou Port Group Corporation, Ltd. Co.
Owned byPeople's Republic of China
Type of harbourArtificial Deep-water Seaport
No. of berths29
Employees4,000
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage70.6 million tons (2013)
Website
Port of Longkou website

The Port of Longkou is an artificial deep-water international

People's Republic of China. It is located on the northern shore of Shandong Peninsula, opening to the Laizhou Bay of the Bohai Sea
.

The port has been growing rapidly in the last decade, and it reached 70.6 million

tons of total cargo throughput in 2013.[1]

History

The Port of Longkou was founded in 1914 by the

Beiyang Government. The first concrete pier was built in 1918–19, a minor landmark in the history of Chinese harbor engineering.[2]

Layout

The jurisdictional area of the port is 170 km2.

As of 2012, the Port of Longkou had 15,000 m of quayside and 29 production berths, of which 7 were capable of handling 100,000 DWT, 5 could handle 50,000 DWT, and 7 could handle 10,000 DWT. The main fairway has a depth of 15.5 m, width of 200 m, and it's capable of handling ships of up to 100,000 DWT.[3]

Administration

While located in Yantai Prefecture, the Port of Longkou is administered independently from the Port of Yantai.

Operations

References

  1. ^ "龙口港2013年吞吐量突破7000万吨 龙口 烟台新闻网 胶东在线 国家批准的重点新闻网站". jiaodong.net. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  2. ^ "第二节 烟台辖区". sdmsa.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  3. ^ "山东龙口港集团有限公司". lkport.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.

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37°39′50″N 120°18′12″E / 37.66389°N 120.30333°E / 37.66389; 120.30333