Overview:
Yantian Port (Yantian International Container Terminal) is located in Dapeng Bay, Yantian District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China, adjacent to Hong Kong. A joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa (after the reorganization of the Yangtze River Hutchison Industrial) and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. Yantian Port is divided into East, Central and West Ports, of which Zhonggang is divided into Phases 1 to 3, and West Port is divided into Phases 1 to 2; East Port has not yet been constructed. Yantian International Container Terminal (Yantian International) is a natural deep-water port and an important gateway for China's import and export trade. There are currently 16 large-scale container deep-water berths in the port area, with a wharf area of 373 hectares. It has close cooperation with nearly 40 large-scale shipping companies around the world and provides nearly 100 routes to all major ports in the world every week. Yantian International Container Terminal is a subsidiary of Hutchison Port Trust. Hutchison Port Trust is the world's first container terminal business trust, listed in Singapore. Yantian International is also a member of the global network of Hutchison Ports Group Co., Ltd., sharing the resources of the group with its port and logistics company members. The Hutchison Port Group has operations in 26 countries, operating 52 ports in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, America and Australia, with a total of 319 berths. With many years of accumulated experience, Hutchison Ports Group's business has now expanded to other logistics and related transportation services around the world, including cruise terminal and airport management, distribution centers, railway services and ship maintenance facilities. In 2014, the total global container throughput of the Hutchison Port Group reached 82.9 million TEUs.
Port data
- 16 large container deep-water berths
- 373 hectares of dock area
- 78 quay cranes
- 222 gantry cranes
- 14-17.6 meters shore water depth
- Water depth of 17.6 meters channel
- 7,885 meters of total berth length