Yangshan Port in good operation
11/10/2006 17:24
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
The first phase
project of the Yangshan Deep-water Port operated smoothly over the past ten
months, fulfilling the annual capacity target of 2.2 million twenty-foot
equivalent units (TEUs) of containers two months ahead of schedule.
By
yesterday, the port had handled a total of 2.25 million TEUs of containers
entering or leaving the port, with nearly 700 ships, each with a capacity of
5,000 TEU containers.
The second-phase project of the port also began to
operate on a trial basis to prepare for the official operation in December.
The Yangshan Deep-water Port has maintained a lead in loading &
uploading efficiency worldwide. When the port began operation at the end of last
year, the bridge cranes were able to load or upload 25 TEUs of containers per
hour, and the number increased to 27 in January of this year, 30 in March and 35
in April.
At present, more than 50 shipping and cargo freight companies have
operated in the port, including the top global 20 companies.
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