Port of Suzhou

Port of Suzhou is the collective name of three ports around the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.^[4] The three ports are located in Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang, respectively, on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.^[5] The total cargo throughput of 454 million tons in 2013.^[2] As of 2013^[update], it is the busiest inland river port in the world by annual cargo tonnage and container volume, as well as the sixth-busiest port by annual cargo tonnage. The majority of the port trade is in coal, ore, steel, and construction materials such as cement.^[5][6]

Port of Suzhou 苏州港
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Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Suzhou, Jiangsu
Coordinates	31.799391°N 120.859222°E / 31.799391; 120.859222
Details
Opened	2002
Owned by	Suzhou Municipal Government
Type of harbour	Inland port
No. of berths	224[1]
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	479 million tons (6th, 2014[2])
Annual container volume	4.45 million TEU (2014[3])

Port of Suzhou
Traditional Chinese	蘇州港
Simplified Chinese	苏州港
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Sūzhōu Gǎng Wu Suzhounese Sou平-tseuy平 Kaon上

Port infrastructure

As of 2011^[update], Port of Suzhou consist of 224 production berths in total, 106 of them being above ten thousand tons in tonnage. The port has trade with over 400 international and domestic shipping lines.^[1]