Port of Qingdao

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{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Chinacoal}} Port of Qingdao is a seaport in Shandong, People's Republic of China. It handles coal.

The Port of Qingdao contains three major areas: the Old Port, Huangdao Oil Port, and Qianwan New Port.

Location

The port is on the Yellow Sea in the vicinity of Qingdao.

Background

The Port of Qingdao handles a wide range of general, bulk, and project cargoes. The major cargoes handled include containers, iron ore, coal, crude oil, and grain.[1]

Coal handling

The port's coal terminal has annual coal export capacity of 15 million tonnes per annum.[2]

The port provides metal ore and coal handling services primarily through nine dedicated berths at the Qianwan Port Area; six multi-purpose berths at the Qianwan Port Area; and five multi-purpose berths at the Dagang Port Area. Customers are primarily domestic and international metal and mining companies and domestic power plants and steel plants.[3]

Port Details

  • Operator: Qingdao Port International Co.
  • Location: Qingdao, Shandong province, China
  • Annual Coal Capacity (Tonnes per year): 15 million
  • Status: Operating
  • Type: Exports
  • Coal source:

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References

  1. "Port of Qingdao" World Port Source, accessed August 2, 2011.
  2. "Coal Terminals," CCCC First Harbor Consultants, accessed June 2015
  3. "Business Overview -> Our Services -> Metal ore and coal handling," Qingdao Port International Co., accessed June 2015

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