PORT OF SHANGHAI

I. Location and importance of this port:

To begin, this port is located as its name says in the city of Shanghai in
China. The Port of Shanghai is situated at the middle of the 18,000kmlong Chinese coast line, where the Yangtze River, known as the Golden
Waterway, empties into the sea. Its coordinates are 30 37 35 N, 122
3 53 E. This port was opened in 1842 as a public port. It limits with the
East China Sea. This port is very important because it generates a great
money income for the country by receiving and sending cargo through
its installations. Also, because of its good locations it is used to send all
the cargo from the region.
II. Characteristics, cargo and terminals, capacity, facilities and
equipment:
The different terminals are divided in three areas, Wusongkou in the
lower reaches of Huangpu River, Waigaoqiao on the southern bank of the
Yangtze estuary, and Yangshan deepwater port area. Each port area has
its own characteristics and equipment.
a. Wusongkou Container Port Area
Wusong Container Port Area was developed in the 1980s. Currently,
this area mainly accommodates the operation of ships running on shortsea liner services. There are 10 specialized container berths in this area,
with a total quay length of 2,281m, and the berths are equipped with 20
gantry cranes and container yards with a total area of 550,000m.
b. Waigaoqiao Container Port Area
The construction of Waigaoqiao container port area was started in
1992, and Phases I to V of the port area have been completed so far,
which have a total of 16 container berths. Most of the Ports deep-sea
liner services and some of the short-sea services are handled at these
terminals. The berths have a total quay length of over 5,600m, and are
equipped with 63 container gantry cranes and container yards of 2.45
million square meters.
c. Yangshan Port Area
Yangshan deepwater port area is the first duty-free port area of the
country. Construction of the port area was started in June 2002, and the
port area was officially put into operation on December 10, 2005. The
operating Phase I terminal has 5 berths, with a total quay length of
1,600m and quayside water depth of 16m. The terminal has a sea-side
area of 3,167,000m, land-side area of 1,340,000m, and container yard
area of 860,000m.

This are the most important terminals but this port has specialized
terminal to receive all type of cargo like: refrigerated cargo, wheeled
cargo, dry bulk cargo, liquid bulk cargo, general cargo and more.

III. The port management and organization:

This port is managed by Shanghai International Port Company Ltd. This
entity is in charge of the supervision of all the activities that are done
inside the port and all the processes like the reception of cargo inside
the port. Also, this entity controls has some areas like: The planning
area, the operation area, the logistic area and the commercial area. All
the areas are very important for the constant development of this port.
IV. Port and the city:
The port of Shangai has a very strong relationship with the city since
it provides a lot of job opportunities to the citizens. Also, the port
generates a very high money income that is invested in the
development of different programs for the constant progress of the city.
Besides, it has created many programs to train its workers to give them
the chance for applying to higher positions promoting by this the
constant competence in the labor market.
V. Bibliography reference:
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http://www.asiatradehub.com/china/shanghai.asp
http://www.portshanghai.com.cn/en/
http://www.portshanghai.com.cn/jtwbs/webpages/flash.html
http://www.portshanghai.com.cn/en/channel1/channel11.html