Brief introduction of Qingdao Port attractions:
Located on the east and west banks of Jiaozhou Bay, along the coastline, it is 12.8km long, with docks 13 and berths 7 1. The port and shipping activities in Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay began in the Qin and Han Dynasties in the 2nd century BC, and Banqiao became one of the famous seaports in China in the Northern Song Dynasty (9th century).
In the 18th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1892), the first pier in Qingdao-Qianhai trestle was built. After that, during the German occupation, Qingdao Port was built on the east coast of Jiaozhou Bay on a large scale and opened to the world as a free port in 1898. Xiaogang Wharf was built in 190 1, and the largest floating dock in Asia was built in 1905. After liberation, the throughput capacity of Qingdao Port has been continuously expanded. With the construction of Qianwan Port, 1997 Qingdao Port has become the third largest port in China, the first international container transit port in China and the largest container throughput port in China, with the largest crude oil terminal of 200,000 tons, the largest container terminal, the largest container EDI system along the coast, the largest ore terminal in the north and modern coal. It has established trade relations with more than 450 ports in more than 30 countries and regions in the world, and is an important international trade port and transit hub port along the Yellow River basin and the west coast of the Pacific Rim in China.
In 2002, the throughput exceeded 654.38+0.2 billion tons. As of18, March 3, 2003, the throughput of Qingdao Port in the first quarter reached 33.447 million tons, up by 13. 1% year-on-year, exceeding the annual throughput of 1992. The foreign trade throughput reached 24,265,438+million tons, up 19.94% year-on-year. Containers reached 1.002 million TEUs, up 3 1.67% year-on-year, approaching the annual total of 1.997.
What can be visited: 18 pier.