History of the Port of Tianjin
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Port of Tianjin 天津港 | |
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Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Location | Tianjin |
Coordinates | 38°58′33″N 117°47′15″E |
Details | |
Opened | 1860 (Port of Tanggu); 1952-10-17 (Tianjin Xingang reopening) |
Operated by | Tianjin Port Group Ltd |
Owned by | Tianjin State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission |
Type of harbour | Deep-water Seaport/Riverport |
Land area | 121 km2[1] |
Size | 260 km2 (470 km2 total jurisdictional area) |
No. of berths | 217; Production Berths: 140 (2010)[2] |
Employees | 20,000 (2008) |
Chairman | Yu Rumin |
UN/LOCODE | CNTXG or CNTSN (formerly CNTJP/CNTGU) |
World Port Index Number | 60190 |
Nautical Charts | 94363/0 (NGA/NIMA); 2653/4 (Admiralty); 11773/4(Chinese) |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 453 million tonnes (2011)[3] |
Annual container volume | 11.5 million TEU (2011) |
Value of cargo | 197.249 billion USD (2011)[4] |
Passenger traffic | 110,000 cruiser passengers (2012)[5] |
Annual revenue | 21.5 billion RMB (2011)[6] |
Net income | 1.678 billion RMB (2011)[7] |
Website http://www.ptacn.com |
The Port of Tianjin (Tianjin Gang, Chinese: 天津港; pinyin: tiānjīn gǎng), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name "Tianjin Xingang"(Chinese: 天津新港; pinyin: tiānjīn xīngǎng; lit. 'Tianjin New Port'), which strictly speaking refers only to the main seaport area, is sometimes used to refer to the whole port. The Port is located on the western shore of the Bohai Bay, centered on the estuary of the Haihe River, 170 km south east of Beijing and 60 km east of Tianjin city. It is the largest man-made port in mainland China,[8] and one of the largest in the world. It covers 121 square kilometers of land surface, with over 31.9 km of quay shoreline and 151 production berths at the end of 2010.[9]