Port of Suzhou

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Port of Suzhou
苏州港
Location
Country  People's Republic of China
Location Suzhou, Jiangsu
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Details
Opened 2002
Owned by Suzhou Municipal Government
Type of harbor Inland port
Available 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

Port of Suzhou is an important inland river transport hub.[4] It is situated in Jiangsu province. Port of Suzhou consist of three ports in Zhangjiagang, Changshu and Taicang on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.[5] The total cargo throughput of 454 million tons in 2013.[2] As of 2013, 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 Infrastructure

As of 2011, 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]

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  6. ↑ Suzhou port prospers Archived September 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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