The Port of Wuhan is the natural river port of the

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city of

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

Hubei Province Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

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. The port lies at the confluence of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

and

Hanjiang Hanjiang may refer to the following in China: * Han River (Yangtze River tributary) (), a tributary of the Yangtze, in Shaanxi and Hubei * Han River (Guangdong) (), mostly in Guangdong, flowing into the South China Sea * Hanjiang District, Putian ( ...

rivers. It is able to handle ocean-going ships of 10,000DWT. In 2013, it had a throughput of 42.2 million tons of cargo, and 513,229 TEU of containers.

History

Hankou Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow (), was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China. It stands north of the Han and Yangtze Rivers wher ...

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.

Layout

The Port of Wuhan is located on the shores of the Yangtze and Hanjiang rivers. The river channel is 10m deep during the wet season. As of 2012 the WHPG had 51 production berths, 122.45 km² of port areas, 7,579m of quayside, 43.4 ha of warehouses. Including all other minor operators, the port had 244 berths. As of 2012, Wuhan Port had 24 port areas, of which 9 were the main Port Areas: *Jinkou Heavy Lift Cargo Port Area (金口重件港区) *Tunkou Vehicles and Oil Port Area (沌口汽车与油品港区) *Hanyang Container and Bulk Cargo Area (汉阳集装箱与散杂货港区) *Hankou Tourist and Passengers Port Area (汉口旅游客运港区) *Qingshan Ore and Steel Port Area (青山矿石与4港) *Zuoling Dangerous Chemicals Port Area (左岭危化品港区) *Yangluo Container Port Area (阳逻集装箱港区) *Huashan Container Port Area (花山集装箱港区) *Linsifang Coal Port Area (林四房煤炭港区): Under planning Wuhan-boat-0157

The planned reorganization of the port would create 15 port areas by 2020: * *Hannan Port Area (汉南港区) **''Dengnan Operations Area'' () Dry bulk cargo, general cargo, Ro-ro vehicles **''Shamao Operations Area'' () Ro-ro vehicles, bulk cargo and general cargo. *Junshan Port Area():

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vehicles and general cargo. *Tunkou Port Area():Ro-ro vehicles, clean cargo and urban supplies. *Yangsi Port Area() Tourism and passengers *Wuhu Port Area(): general cargo, oil and liquid chemicals. *Yangluo Port Area()Core of the port and focus of development. Containers. *Linsifang Port Area(): Coal transshipment *Jiangxia Port Area(): Dry bulk and ro-ro vehicles. *Qingling Port Area(): Clean cargo and urban supplies *Qingshan Port Area() Retain current functions *Baihushan Port Area (白浒山港区) Containers, oil and liquid chemicals *Qingfeng Port Area() Serving the Wujiashan Technology Economic Development Area. Hanjiang River *Duoluokou Port Area(): General cargo and urban supplies. Hanjiang river *Caidian Port Area(): Retain current functions. Hanjiang river. *Yongantang Port Area(): Preserve current functions. Hanjiang river. By 2030, the plan is for the port to have 422 production berths and a capacity of 251 million tonnes per annum.

Administration

The Port of Wuhan is mainly operated by the Wuhan Port Group Co., Ltd. ()

Operations

The Port has 20.9 km of internal railways, and like other ports on the Yangtze, it is trying to increase its intermodal capabilities. 318 units of cargo handling equipment. Anchorages can hold 700,000 DWT of shipping. The Port Group has 140 workboats, including

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s and

barge Barge nowadays generally refers to a flat-bottomed inland waterway vessel which does not have its own means of mechanical propulsion. The first modern barges were pulled by tugs, but nowadays most are pushed by pusher boats, or other vessels ...

References

External links

Port of Wuhan websiteWuhan Container Terminal website

Wuhan City Port and Navigation Management Office (local MSA office)

Wuhan Xingang Sanjiang Port Economic Area
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