The Port of Shantou is a natural river seaport on the coast of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province,

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It is the only major port in eastern Guangdong, and the gateway to the Shantou SEZ. In 2012, it had a throughput of 45.6 million tons of cargo, and 1,250,000 TEU of containers. Like most Chinese seaports, it has experienced frantic growth in the last two decades and has plans for large expansion in the future.

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Shantou was one of the

Treaty Ports Treaty ports (; ja, 条約港) were the port cities in China and Japan that were opened to foreign trade mainly by the unequal treaties forced upon them by Western powers, as well as cities in Korea opened up similarly by the Japanese Empire. ...

opened by the Treaties of Tientsin in 1858. British and American consulates were established on

Mayu Island Mayu Island is a strategically located island in Shantou, Guangdong. It is unusual for having two Mazu temples on the same island. The island is located in the estuary of Shantou port, and has an area of 0.97 square kilometers, an elevation of ...

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The Port of Shantou is located in the estuary of the Rongjiang river (榕江), opening to the

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. As of 2012 it had 86 berths, 18 of which were deep-water berths capable of handling ships over 10,000 DWT. Shantou Port has eight port areas. *The Old Port Area () *Zhuchi Port Area () is the main port area as of 2013. *Mashan Port Area () *Guang'ao Port Area () *Haimen Port Area () *Nan'ao Port Area () Located on Nan'ao island on Qianjiang Bay *Rongjiang Port Area () *Tianxin Port Area (): Under planning

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