The Port of Yantai is a seaport on the

Bohai Sea The Bohai Sea () is a marginal sea approximately in area on the east coast of Mainland China. It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects to the east via the Bohai Strait. It has a mean depth of ...

in the vicinity of

Yantai Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao on the ...

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History

As of December 14, 2011 the port had handled 200 million tonnes of cargo, becoming the 10th port in

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that has a throughput of more than 200 million tonnes. The port's volume is estimated to hit 300 million tonnes by 2015. During the period from 2001 to 2005,

invested US$2 billion on port construction, building 40 new berths, raising the percentage of 10,000-tonne berths from 27% at the end of 2000. In 2011 the Port of Yantai, together with three other Chinese ports in East China's

province, signed a strategic alliance with the largest port of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The alliance is jointly formed by Shandong's Qingdao Port, Port of Yantai,

Port of Rizhao The Port of Rizhao is a natural deep-water seaport on the coast of the city of Rizhao Rizhao (), alternatively romanized as Jihchao, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Shandong province, China. It is situated on the coastline along the ...

Port of Weihai The Port of Weihai is a seaport on the Yellow Sea in the vicinity of Weihai, Shandong, People's Republic of China. History In 2011 the Port of Weihai, together with three other Chinese ports in East China's Shandong province, signed a strate ...

and the ROK's

Port of Busan The Port of Busan () is the largest port in South Korea, located in the city of Busan, South Korea. Its location is known as Busan Harbor. The port is ranked sixth in the world's container throughput and is the largest seaport in South Korea. ...

, aiming to build a shipping and logistics center in Northeast Asia.

References

External links

Port of Yantai website
{{Shandong-geo-stub Ports and harbours of China