General Description
Location: The port of Nanjing City is located in Jiangsu Province, on the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River, above Zhenzhou, 270km inland from Shanghai.
General overview: The port consists of 8 public stevedoring districts, Xiaguan, Shangyuanmen, Pukou (container and break bulk cargo), Pukou (coal), Xinshengwei, Xixia, Yizheng and Longtan. The main cargoes handled in the port are coal, petroleum, metallic and non-metallic ore, iron and steel, ore materials, containers, construction materials, cement, timber, light industry products, pharmaceutical products, agricultural chemicals, fertilisers, salt and grain.
Traffic figures: Approx 1,500 vessels, 108,150,000t of cargo, 950,300TEU and 40,300 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: Draught limited to 10.5m FW at the mouth of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River. Max LOA 225m, airdraught 42m. Qingjiang Oil berth can handle vessels up to 58,000DWT.