Port of Nanjing

Port of Nanjing 南京港
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Location
Country	China
Location	Yangtze River, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
Details
Type of harbour	Inland
No. of berths	257 (44 over 10000 DWT)
UN/LOCODE	CNNJG
Fairway depth	12.5m
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	191,970,000 t (2012)[1]
Website http://www.njp.com.cn

The Port of Nanjing (Chinese: 南京港, SZSE: 002040) is located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, and is the largest inland port in the world (depending on how you classify the ports in the Yangtze Delta), with throughput reaching 191 million tons of cargo in 2012. Nanjing Port has a long history reaching back to A.D 229, when it became a major seaport. It is situated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, just before the start of the Yangtze Delta. The Port has authority over 208 km of Yangtze River shoreline, 110 km in the North Shore and 98 km in the South Shore.^[2] As of 2010, it operated six public ports and three industrial ports.^[3]

See also

• List of ports in China

References

1. "2012-12全国货物、集装箱、旅客吞吐量统计_港口业务_中国港口网". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
2. "南京港（集团）有限公司". Archived from the original on 2014-06-16. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
3. "The Brief Introduction of Nanjing Port". Archived from the original on 2014-04-23.

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