The Port of Shantou is a natural river seaport on the coast of the city of

Shantou Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...

Guangdong Province ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. It is the only major port in eastern Guangdong, and the gateway to the Shantou SEZ. In 2012, it had a throughput of 45.6 million tons of cargo, and 1,250,000 TEU of containers. Like most Chinese seaports, it has experienced frantic growth in the last two decades and has plans for large expansion in the future.

History

Shantou was one of the

Treaty Ports Treaty ports (; ) 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 Qing dynasty of China (before th ...

opened by the Treaties of Tientsin in 1858. British and American consulates were established on

Mayu Island Mayu Island also known as Double Island is a strategically located island in Shantou(Swatow), Guangdong. It is unusual for having two Mazu temples on the same island. The island is located in the estuary of Shantou port, and has an area of 0.97 ...

Layout

The Port of Shantou is located in the estuary of the Rongjiang river (榕江), opening to the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan island, Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luz ...

. As of 2012 it had 86 berths, 18 of which were deep-water berths capable of handling ships over 10,000 DWT. Shantou Port has eight port areas. *The Old Port Area () *Zhuchi Port Area () is the main port area as of 2013. *Mashan Port Area () *Guang'ao Port Area () *Haimen Port Area () *Nan'ao Port Area () Located on Nan'ao island on Qianjiang Bay *Rongjiang Port Area () *Tianxin Port Area (): Under planning

Administration

Operations

References

External links

Port of Shantou website
Ports and harbours of China Buildings and structures in Shantou {{port-stub