Overview:

Shekou Port is located in Nanshan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, the People's Republic of China. It is a water and land passenger and cargo transportation hub and a well-equipped, comprehensive and multi-functional port open to the outside world. Founded in 1981, it is affiliated to China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Co., Ltd. under China Merchants Group, and its passenger terminal is operated by Shenzhen Shekou Zhaogang Passenger Transport Industrial Co., Ltd.

There are currently 47 berths above 500 tons, of which 18 are operating deep-water berths above 10,000 tons. The designed maximum berthing capacity is 75,000 tons of bulk berths. There are 5 non-productive berths and 3 ship repair berths, The container is 100,000 tons. There are 13 container berths, the total length of the terminal shoreline is 8,227 meters, and it covers an area of ​​25,371 square meters. The port area is an important water, land, passenger, and cargo transportation hub in Shenzhen, and a fully equipped, comprehensive, and multi-functional open port, mainly engaged in bulk cargo, passenger transportation, containers, oil and gas products, and ship maintenance.

Usually, the three wharfs of SCT, MCT and CCT are collectively called Shekou Port. The customs area code is 5304 for SCT&CCT and 5349 for MCT.

Merger of Shekou Port and Chiwan Port

According to the notice from Shenzhen China Merchants Port: Chiwan (CWN) and Shekou (SHK) terminals have been merged since 2017, and each shipping company will basically switch between March and March 31, 2017. After the merger, only the international code (CNSHK) will be available in the future, and the (CNCWN) will not be used; the port of shipment from the letter of credit can only be displayed in the future (SHEKOU), not (CHIWAN); EDI message, (CHIWAN) terminal The import and export of import and export will be replaced by (CNSHK) instead of the previous (CHIWAN) or (CNCWN) codes. (CHIWAN/SHEKOU) When changing ships between piers, it will be regarded as a pier.

Geographical advantage

Shekou Port is located at the southern end of the Shekou Peninsula in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary. It is the main throat of the South China Sea into South China. It extends in all directions: 3.5 nautical miles away from Hong Kong New Territories, 25 nautical miles away from Macau and Zhuhai, and connected to Guangdong and Guangxi via the Pearl River system. ; It is connected to the South China Highway via the Shugang Avenue by land, and is connected to the Beijing-Kowloon Railway via the port railway and then to the national railway network; 30 kilometers away from Shenzhen International Airport . The annual throughput capacity is 15 million tons, the annual throughput capacity of containers is 500,000 TEUs, and the annual passenger throughput capacity is 5 million. Shekou Port can berth 10 ships of more than 10,000 ton class at the same time, and the largest berth of 100,000-ton bulk carriers. The anchorage can reliably berth 125,000-ton bulk carriers. It is an important food and building material distribution center and domestic trade container in South China. It is a transit port and owns the largest passenger terminal in Shenzhen.

Freight operator

Shekou Container Terminal Co., Ltd. (registered abbreviation SCT) was established in 1989. It is the earliest specialized container terminal in Shenzhen and the earliest Sino-foreign joint venture terminal in Mainland China. SCT is currently controlled by China Merchants International (CMHI), the largest public terminal operator in China, and is a member of CMHI's terminals in mainland China. After more than 20 years of development, it has become CMHI's flagship terminal. SCT is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary, southwest of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and backed by the economic hinterland of the Pearl River Delta. It is the main international hub terminal for Chinese and foreign cargo merchants and carriers to carry out logistics and transportation in the Pearl River Delta and South China. The terminal has 9 berths for large ships and 5 special berths for barges . The annual maximum processing capacity can reach 6.5 million TEUs. Nearly 90 regular international liner routes have been opened to reach America, Europe, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, North Asia, the Middle East, More than 180 ports around the world including Australia and Africa . The top 30 liner companies in the world have all opened routes in SCT.

SCT adheres to the concept of sustainable development of "green and low-carbon terminals", introduces ISO14001 environmental protection management system certification and passes a series of technological innovations to save energy and reduce emissions. In February 2012, SCT was officially designated as a low-carbon port demonstration unit by the Ministry of Communications. The ship-to-shore power supply project that was put into operation at the same time was one of the three major shore power pilot projects established by the Ministry of Transport throughout the country. "After the project, another comprehensive upgrade.

The "South China Public Barge Express" service network that covers South China inland rivers and coastal wharfs extensively provides customers with an economical and efficient cargo transfer channel. The barge service network has covered more than 95% of the Pearl River Delta, and it maintains a competitive advantage in the barge transportation market with its combined services and advanced informatization and high added value.

The “sea-rail combined transport” service in the port area has been extended to inland areas such as Changsha, Zhuzhou, Liling, Hengyang, Kunming, Nanchang, and Shaoguan, and a transportation corridor has been built through the east and the middle. July 2012 national demonstration project of container of hot metal transport channels - Changsha in the dry port was officially launched, marking the rail transport strategy to a new stage of development.

Port business

Bulk cargo business

Loading and unloading of bulk cargo such as grain, chemical fertilizer, scrap steel, ore, feed, cement, etc.; loading and unloading of steel, timber, stone, mechanical and electrical equipment and other kinds of general cargo; filling and evacuation of bulk chemical fertilizer, grain, and feed; material special Loading and unloading of heavy cargo; transportation of imported coiled steel.

Container business

Provide high-quality container loading and unloading, storage services, consolidating and unpacking services, container land hauling services, and assist port units to check containers. Foreign trade container service: Open Shekou-Hong Kong daily liner, receive goods every day, and provide mid-stream operations in Hong Kong, call Hong Kong MTL, HIT, and receive containers; provide container shipping services transiting through Hong Kong to all over the world; special personnel are responsible for customs declaration and declaration Inspection and implementation of "one-stop" service; shipping companies currently cooperating with Shekou Port include: MAERSK, K'LINE, PIL, COSCO, CNC, KANWAY, CCNI, DELMAS, etc. Domestic container service: Opened domestic container liner routes from Shekou to Shanghai, Nanjing, Qingdao, Tianjin, Dalian, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Haikou and other coastal and inland river basins across the country for nearly 30 years; provided coastal domestic container container liner consultation and booking Cabin services; develop modern third-party logistics services; contract domestic trade goods and provide a full package of "one-stop" services; terminal unpacking and packing services.