Port of Suzhou

Port of Suzhou
苏州港
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Location
Country People's Republic of China
LocationSuzhou, Jiangsu
Coordinates31°47′58″N 120°51′33″E / 31.799391°N 120.859222°E / 31.799391; 120.859222
Details
Opened2002
Owned bySuzhou Municipal Government
Type of harbourInland port
No. of berths224[1]
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage479 million tons (6th, 2014[2])
Annual container volume4.45 million TEU (2014[3])
Port of Suzhou
Traditional Chinese蘇州港
Simplified Chinese苏州港

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, 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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference chinanews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b 苏州港外贸吞吐量首破1亿吨. Xinhua Daily (in Chinese). January 13, 2013. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 小汤. 苏州港去年货物吞吐量4.28亿吨 (in Chinese). Suzhou Daily. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  4. ^ "WPS - Port of Suzhou contact information". Worldportsource.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  5. ^ a b "苏州港". www.port.org.cn. 2008-06-16. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  6. ^ Suzhou port prospers Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

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