The marine sector has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few decades, and ports and port facilities are needed to meet these growing demands.
This is why each country's shipping authority is focused on ensuring that its shipping ports are adequate for the needs of industry operators and drivers.
However, even as each country focuses on improving its port infrastructure, there are some global leaders with seaports - bigger and busier than all others.
Interestingly, the busiest port facilities are located in Asia due to the continent's geographic location on important maritime trade routes linking ports in Europe and the Middle East.
Details of the 10 busiest ports in the world are listed below, each with their own uniqueness.
NO.1 Ningbo Zhoushan Port
Ningbo Zhoushan Port is the port of Ningbo City and Zhoushan City in Zhejiang Province, China. It is located in the middle of the coastline of mainland China and the south wing of the "Yangtze River Economic Belt". It is an important iron ore transfer base, crude oil transfer base, liquid chemical storage and transportation base in China and an important coal and grain storage and transportation base in East China.
NO.2 Shanghai Port
Shanghai Port is a port in Shanghai, China. It is located in the middle of the coastline of mainland China and at the mouth of the Yangtze River. It connects the north and south coasts of China and the world's oceans, and then runs through the Yangtze River Basin, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Taihu Lake Basins. Shanghai Port has established container cargo trade with more than 500 ports in 214 countries and regions around the world, and has more than 80 international routes.
In 2020, the port's annual cargo throughput exceeded 43.5 million TEUs, making it the busiest container facility in the world.
It mainly handles bulk cargo transportation of coal, metal ores, petroleum and its derivatives, steel, machinery and construction equipment.
The port consists of 125 terminals and 19 terminal facilities capable of accommodating the world's largest ships and carriers. In addition to the 5 main port areas, the port also has a cruise ship terminal with an annual throughput of more than 1 million passengers. More than a quarter of China's trade is handled at the port of Shanghai.
NO.3 Tangshan Port
Tangshan Port is located on the southeast coast of Tangshan City, Hebei Province. It is an important regional port along the coast of my country and an important part of the specialized transportation system for bulk materials such as energy and raw materials. Tangshan Port is adjacent to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration. Caofeidian is 400 nautical miles from Incheon, South Korea, 680 nautical miles from Nagasaki, Japan, and 935 nautical miles from Kobe. The shipping routes to ore exporting countries such as Australia, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, and India are also very smooth.
In the past ten years, the planned coastline of Tangshan Port has increased from 32.5 kilometers to 65.5 kilometers, the planned dock coastline has increased from 90.1 kilometers to 190.3 kilometers, and the number of berths that can be planned and arranged has increased from 344 to 602, forming the "one port, three" in the whole port. District” and the planning and layout of dislocation development.
NO.4 Port of Qingdao
Like many famous seaports in China, Qingdao Port has a long history - since 1892, it has connected the Bohai Rim and Yangtze River Delta regions with the rest of the world. Qingdao offers direct flights to more than 180 countries and 700 ports.
Qingdao Port includes Qingdao Old Port, Huangdao Oil Port and Qianwan New Port
In 1984, three U.S. Navy ships docked in Qingdao, the first time the U.S. docked at a Chinese port in 37 years.
NO.5 Guangzhou Port
Known as the "Maritime Silk Road", Guangzhou Port has a coastline of nearly 250 miles and is an important shipping hub in South China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou is connected to more than 100 ports in China and more than 350 ports around the world.
In recent years, Guangzhou Port has benchmarked against world-class container hub ports, and has taken various measures to promote the development of containers to a new level, consolidating and improving the energy level of Guangzhou Port as an international container hub. In 2021, Guangzhou Port will complete a total cargo throughput of 623.67 million tons, an increase of 1.8%.
NO.6 Port of Singapore
The Port of Singapore is located on the southern coast of Singapore, with the southeastern side of the Malacca Strait in the west and the northern side of the Singapore Strait in the south. It is one of the largest container ports in the world. The port is the main shipping route between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and its strategic position is very important. It has been an international trade port since the 13th century and has developed into an internationally renowned entrepot. The Port of Singapore is also the country's political, economic, cultural and transportation center.
The Port of Singapore has superior natural conditions, spacious waters, and little impact from storms. The administrative area is 5.38 million square meters. The water depth is suitable. Ships with a draft of about 13m can smoothly enter the port and berth. The port equipment is advanced and complete, and computerized information is used. The system also seeks to simplify and facilitate user procedures.
NO.7 Suzhou Port
Suzhou Port, located in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, is located in the throat area of the mouth of the Yangtze River, starting from Changshan Mountain in the west (the junction of Zhangjiagang and Jiangyin), and east to the south of Liuhekou (the junction of Taicang and Shanghai). The southeast is close to Shanghai, and the southwest is the economically developed Jiangsu, Xi and Chang areas. It is an emerging port built by the combination of Zhangjiagang Port, Changshu Port and Taicang Port, the former national first-class open ports in China. The original three ports correspondingly become Suzhou Port Zhangjiagang Port Area, Changshu Port Area and Taicang Port Area.
In 1968, Zhangjiagang Port Area was established; in 1992, Taicang Port Area was developed and constructed; in August of the same year, Changshu Port Area started construction; in 2002, the original Zhangjiagang Port, Changshu Port and Taicang Port were combined to form Suzhou Port.
NO.8 Port Hedland
Port Hedland, a port on the Indian Ocean coast in the northwest of Western Australia, Australia. Australian iron ore export port. Located on the northwest coast of Western Australia, east of the port town, facing the southern Indian Ocean to the north, 133 nautical miles from Dampier to the west, 258 nautical miles from Broome Port in the northeast, 812 nautical miles from Wyndham Port, 917 nautical miles from Darwin Port, and north of Lombok The strait is 706 nautical miles and has a population of 15,000.
Just this February, Australia's Western Australian state government approved a development plan to allow Port Hedland, the operator, to export 660 million tonnes of iron ore a year, enabling port backers to invest in onshore infrastructure upgrades and advance their investment and development. growth strategy.
NO.9 Rizhao Port
Rizhao Port is located in Rizhao City, Shandong Province, China. It faces the Yellow Sea in the east, Qingdao Port in the north, Lianyungang Port in the south, and faces Japan, South Korea and North Korea across the sea. It is one of the 20 major coastal hub ports developed by China. In 1978, the Shandong Provincial People's Government planned and surveyed the port selection of Rizhao Port. In 1982, the Rizhao Port officially started construction; in 1986, the Rizhao Port opened for operation.
There are 58 productive berths in Rizhao Port, with an annual throughput of over 300 million. There are two major port areas, Shijiu and Lanshan. As of 2010, Rizhao Port has 38 40-ton, 25-ton, 16-ton and 10-ton gantry cranes, 7 high-horsepower diesel locomotives, 2 imported alumina special ship unloaders, tire cranes, excavators and other Heavy, transport and other equipment
NO.10 Tianjin Port
Tianjin Port is an important port facility and an important logistics and shipping center in North China. It is located on the west coast of Bohai Bay and is also the maritime gateway to Beijing. It is the largest artificial port facility in China and the ninth busiest port in the world. It handled more than 18.35 million TEUs in 2020 and has trade links with more than 600 ports in 190 countries, with more than 120 container routes.
Tianjin Port covers an area of more than 120 square kilometers, with a wharf of 34 kilometers long and has more than 170 berths for cargo ships. It has 2 passenger terminals and 9 port areas, among which the 3 port areas of Beijiang, Nanjiang and Dongjiang undertake most of the trade business. It also has six main and two temporary anchor areas.
As China is an important central node of the global industrial chain, with a large economy and developed industrial manufacturing, and thanks to the effective prevention and control of the epidemic, manufacturing and residents' lives are generally running smoothly. Compared with foreign ports, major ports generally have better performance. High cargo throughput levels.
