The Port of Tangshan () is an artificial deep-water international
seaport
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on the coast of
Tangshan Municipality,
Hebei
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, in
Northern China
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. It is the 9th largest port in China and is composed of three separate port areas:
Jingtang,
Caofeidian and Fennan, administered separately but considered to be the same port for statistical purposes. The Port of Tangshan is one of the fastest-growing ports in the world and is counted among the ten largest ports of China.
History
Layout
The port of Tangshan consists of three separate port areas: Jingtang (),
Caofeidian and Fennan. These are administered separately and have different UNLocodes, but are often considered to be the same port for statistical purposes. The closest airport to the port is
Tianjin
Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popu ...
which is 2 hours away. A new high speed train under construction will shorten the distance from Beijing to Tangshan to
less than 2 hours.
Operations
References
External links
Jingtang Port websiteCaofeidian Port websiteHebei Port Group website
Ports and harbours of China
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