Everything about the Port Of Shanghai totally explained
The
Port of Shanghai, located in the vicinity of
Shanghai, comprises a deep-sea port and a river port. In 2006, with a total of 537 million tons of cargo transported, it became the
world's busiest port by cargo tonnage for the first time.
The Port of Shanghai faces the
East China Sea to the east, and
Hangzhou Bay to the south. It includes the heads of the
Yangtze River,
Huangpu River (which enters the Yangtze River), and
Qiantang River.
History
During the
Ming Dynasty, what is now the city of
Shanghai was a part of
Jiangsu Province (with a small part in Zhejiang Province). While Shanghai had become a county seat in the
Yuan Dynasty, it remained a relatively small town.
Its location at the mouth of the Yangtze led to its development as coastal trade developed during the
Qing Dynasty, especially the
Qianlong era. Gradually, the port of Shanghai surpassed the port of
Ningbo and the port of
Guangzhou to became the largest port of China at the time.
In
1842, Shanghai became a
treaty port, thus developing into an international commercial city. By the early
20th century, it was the largest city in the Far East, and the largest port in the Far East.
In
1949, with the
Communist takeover in
Shanghai, overseas trade was cut dramatically. The economic policy of the People's Republic had a crippling effect on Shanghai's infrastructure and capital development.
In
1991, the central government allowed Shanghai to initiate
Economic Reform. Since then, the port of Shanghai has developed at an increasing pace. By
2005, the
Yangshan deep water port was built on the Yangshan islands, a group of islands in
Hangzhou Bay, linked to
Shanghai by the
Donghai Bridge. This development allowed the port to overcome shallow water conditions in its current location, and to rival another deep-water port, the nearby
Ningbo-
Zhoushan port.
Harbour zones
The port of Shanghai includes 5 major working zones:
Data
Total area: 3619.6 km sq
1984, 100 million tons (mt) moved
1999, 186 mt
2005, 443 mt
2006, 537 mt
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