When you import from China, 90% of you will choose to ship by sea freight. Shipping is not only an economical method in China, but it is also very convenient due to the large number of ports in China.
The top 10 ports in China in terms of cargo throughput are: Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Tangshan Port, Qingdao Port, Shanghai Port, Guangzhou Port, Suzhou Port, Rizhao Port, Tianjin Port, Yantai Port, and Beibu Gulf Port. It is worth noting that the top 5 ports in China are also the top 5 ports in the world.
5 largest ports in china
1、Ningbo Zhoushan Port
Ningbo Zhoushan Port is located in Ningbo and Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China, in the middle of China’s mainland coastline and the southern wing of the “Yangtze River Economic Belt”, and is a key link in the smooth operation of China’s foreign trade industry chain and supply chain, as well as a typical representative of Chinese ports.
Ningbo Zhoushan Port is one of the largest ports in China, and even in the world, in terms of cargo throughput. reached 640 million tons of cargo throughput in the first half of 2022, an increase of 2.8% year-on-year;
In the past 2021, Ningbo Zhoushan Port completed an annual cargo throughput of 1.224 billion tons, up 4.4% year-on-year, ranking first in the world for 13 consecutive years and the only billion-ton port.
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2、Tangshan Port
Tangshan Port, located in the southeast coast of Tangshan City, Hebei Province, is a port open to the outside world, an important regional port along the coast, and an important part of the specialized transportation system for energy, raw materials and other bulk materials.
Adjacent to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei city groups, Caofeidian is 400 nautical miles from Incheon, South Korea, 680 nautical miles from Nagasaki and 935 nautical miles from Kobe, Japan, and has smooth shipping routes with ore exporting countries such as Australia, Brazil, Peru, South Africa and India.
In the first half of 2022, Tangshan Port completed cargo throughput reached 3.65 tons, up 4.2% year-on-year; container throughput was 1.4 million TEUs, up 12.9% year-on-year. It is worth noting that in 2021, Tangshan Port completed annual cargo throughput of 722.4 million tons, an increase of 2.8% year-on-year, ranking third in the world.
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3、Qingdao Port
Qingdao Port, a port in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, is located on the shore of Jiaozhou Bay on the Shandong Peninsula, bordering the Yellow Sea and across the sea from Japan and the Korean Peninsula. cargo throughput in the first half of 2022 was 327 million tons, up 2.8% year-on-year.
The container throughput in the first half of the year was 12.47 million TEU, up 7% year-on-year. 2021, the annual cargo throughput of Qingdao Port was 630.29 million tons, up 4.3% year-on-year, ranking fourth in the world.
4、Shanghai Port
The Port of Shanghai, a port in Shanghai, China, located in the middle of China’s mainland coastline and at the mouth of the Yangtze River, completed 314 million tons of cargo throughput in the first half of 2022, down 9 percent year-on-year and slipping from second to fourth place in the ranking.
The container throughput in the first half of the year was 22.54 million TEUs, down 1.7% year-on-year, but still ranked first among the top 10 ports in terms of container throughput.
At present, Shanghai port has established container cargo trade with more than 500 ports in 214 countries and regions around the world, with more than 80 international routes.
5、Guangzhou Port
Guangzhou Port, located at the mouth of the Pearl River and the heart of the Pearl River Delta region, bordering the South China Sea, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau, where the Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang rivers converge into the sea, is the largest comprehensive main hub port and container trunk port in South China.
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