Port of Yingkou | |
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Location | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Location | Yingkou, Liaoning Province, northeastern China |
Details | |
Opened | 1858 |
Operated by | Yingkou Port Group Corporation |
Owned by | People's Republic of China |
No. of berths | 27 |
Statistics | |
Annual cargo tonnage | 21 million metric tons/year |
Annual container volume | 250,000 TEU/year |
Main imports | Grain, coal, steel, vehicles |
Main exports | Container transfers |
Website Port of Yingkou website |
The Port of Yingkou is an international seaport in Yingkou, Liaoning, People's Republic of China. It is the second-largest port in northeast China and the tenth-largest nationwide.[1] It includes two separate dockland areas, the Yingkou old port at the mouth of the Daliao River, and the Bayuquan port located directly on Liaodong Bay on the Bohai Sea.
The port is a major import facility for northeastern China and parts of Mongolia with an annual trade volume of more than 21 million metric tons (MT) through 27 shipping berths. Principal port activities include grain and sugar, timber, oil tar, coal, steel and minerals, and vehicle imports. The port also handles up to 250,000 containers per year.
Yingkou Port Group Co.'s services also include bulk cargo loading, pipeline transportation, railway and highway transportation. Apart from docks it also operates tugboats, pilot boats, barges and communication ships.[2]