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5.

Visits

5.1

Huangpu Port

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General

5.1.1

5.1.2

At

Buangpu port, located at the mouth of Pearl River to the

East of Guangzhou, is 210 miles from Hong Kong. The

port has been in use

since 1936. Most of the existing

facilities and all the berths are, however, built after

1949.

present, there are more than 30 berths of

which 10 are for vessels of up to 10,000 tonnes, 6 for

vessels of up to 20,000 tonnes and 2 large specialised berths for oil tankers, 2 for handling coal, 2 for

container vessels and the rest are smaller berths for

barges. Despite the large number of berths, 1/6 of the

total cargo are still handled in mid-stream by barges. The luangpu Fort occupies 3 ports, i.e. the old port, the new port and the Xinsha port managed by 3 companies.

all under the huangpu Port Authority.

In the old port, there are 9 berths for vessels of up to

10,000 tonnes, 1 berth for vessels of up to 5,000 tonnes

and the other berths for barges. The total land base

back-up facilities

•

stock yards, and

warehouses

etc., occupy ar area of about 5 ha. Most of the goods

handled in this port are bulk cargos.

5.1.3 The new port is located 8 km to the south of the old

port. Its development began in 1973 and the first 5

berths had been in operation since 1975. The port was

fully completed in 1982. The total length of the water

frontage of the new port is 750 m with 10 berths capable.

of accommodating vessels of up to 20,000 tonnes. The

types of cargos handled in the port include grains,

coal, bulk fertilizers,

construction materials,

cres,