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Shanghai Building Deep-Water Harbor

Construction of a deep-water harbor near the mouth of the Yangtze River, the core part of an ambitious plan to build this east China metropolis into a leading international shipping center, is expected to start soon.


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Construction of a deep-water harbor near the mouth of the Yangtze River, the core part of an ambitious plan to build this east China metropolis into a leading international shipping center, is expected to start soon.

Monday witnessed the establishment of the project's construction headquarters and Shanghai Tongsheng Investment (Group) Co., Ltd, the major investor in this project.

Located in Shengsi County, in nearby Zhejiang Province, the harbor is expected to have a deepwater area 18 kilometers wide and 15 meters deep, and accommodate 50-odd 5th- or 6th-generation containers.

It is designed with an annual container handling capacity of 22 million TEUs, extraordinary among the world's major harbors. As a result of the project, Shanghai's container handling capacity will rise from 5.61 million TEUs in 2000 to 10 million TEUs by 2005, and even further in the future.

The Chinese government unveiled the plan to build Shanghai into a leading international shipping center in 1995. It is expected that, besides catering to the international shipping industry, such a center will also serve as an outlet to the rest of the world for China's inland provinces.

Related News: New Port Projects Propel Shanghai
To transform itself into a major international shipping center, Shanghai plans to build a new deep-water container port by 2002, according to Tuesday's China Daily.

The first phase of construction, including the construction of five 15-metre berths, will be completed by the end of the 10th Five Year Plan (2001-05).

The new port will allow access to the sea for fifth-generation and sixth-generation container ships, which can carry between 5,000 and 6,000 20-foot containers, and will increase the city's capacity for maritime cargo transport, said Shanghai Vice-Mayor Han Zheng on May 15.

He made the announcement at a conference held to assess and promote Shanghai's three vital port programs. The programs include the city's international central airport project, its international shipping center project and the international cyber port project.

"The construction of such a deep-water port, coupled with the other centers, will lay a cornerstone for the city's economic growth in the new century," said Han.


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