Yangshan Port

Yangshan Port
Yangshan Port
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Location
Country	China
Location	Shengsi County, Zhejiang Province
Coordinates	30°37′N 122°04′E / 30.617°N 122.067°E / 30.617; 122.067 30°37'46.0"N 122°03'27.9"E
Details
Opened	2005
Operated by	Shanghai International Port Group
Type of harbour	Deep-water seaport
Statistics
Annual container volume	> 10 million TEU (2010)

Yangshan Port (Chinese: 洋山港, p Yángshān Gǎng, Wu Yan-se Kaon), formally the Yangshan Deep-Water Port (洋山深水港, p Yángshān Shēnshuǐ Gǎng, Wu Yan-se Sen-sy Kaon), is a deep water port for container ships in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai. The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road.^[1][2] The port is built on the islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan, part of the Zhoushan archipelago, with fill from land reclamation. Connected to Shanghai's Pudong New Area by the Donghai Bridge and forming part of the Port of Shanghai, the islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan are administered separately as part of Zhejiang's Shengsi County.

Built to allow the Port of Shanghai to grow despite shallow waters near the shore, it allows berths with depths of up to 15 metres (49 ft) to be built, and can handle today's largest container ships. In mid-2011, port officials said the port was on track to move 12.3 million Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during the year, up from 10.1 million TEUs in 2010, overtaking port of Singapore to become the world's busiest container port.^[3] In 2015, the port handled 36.54 million TEUs,^[4] and by 2019, its throughput had increased to 43.35 million TEU.