Water usually includes approach channel, anchorage and harbor basin.
Land refers to the land area used by ports for cargo handling, storage, transshipment and passenger distribution.
Port is a transportation hub located along the coast of sea, river, lake and reservoir, equipped with water transportation equipment, and has the conditions for safe entry, exit and berthing of ships. It is the distribution center and hub of land and water transportation, the distribution center of industrial and agricultural products and foreign trade import and export materials, and the place where ships dock, load and unload goods, get on and off passengers and replenish materials.
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1. The port is the connection point between sea and land transportation.
This port is the base of industrial activities.
3. The port becomes the center of integrated logistics.
4. Port is the growth point of urban development.
5. Ports can promote social and economic development.
Famous ports in China
1, Shanghai Port: Shanghai Port controls the front of the Yangtze River and is located in the Yangtze River Delta water network zone, with well-developed waterway transportation. There are 3,250 berths in Shanghai Inland Port Area, with a maximum berthing capacity of 2,000 tons.
2. Guangzhou Port: Guangzhou Port is located in the center of the Pearl River Delta region where China's export-oriented economy is the most active. The port area is divided into Humen Port Area, Xinsha Port Area, Huangpu Port Area and Guangzhou Neigang Port Area. Guangzhou Port has international shipping access to more than 300 ports in more than 80 countries and regions, and navigation with more than 100 domestic ports.
3. Shenzhen Port: Shenzhen Port is located in the south of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, on the east bank of Lingdingyang at the mouth of the Pearl River, adjacent to Hong Kong. It is a natural harbor in the south of China. The direct hinterland of Shenzhen Port is Shenzhen, Huizhou, Dongguan and parts of the Pearl River Delta.
4. Ningbo-Zhoushan Port: Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is located on the coast of the East China Sea, which is the region with the richest deepwater coastline resources in China. The water depth of the approach channel of Ningbo Port is more than18.2m, and ships under 250,000 tons can enter and leave freely, and super-large ships with 250,000 to 300,000 tons can enter the port at high tide.
5. Dongying Port: Located in the northeast of Dongying City, the central city of the Yellow River Delta in China, it is adjacent to Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Economic Zone in the north, Jiaodong Peninsula and the southwest coast of Bohai Sea in the south, at the intersection of the Yellow River Economic Belt and the Bohai Economic Circle.
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