Nantong port area east of the Yellow Sea, southwest of the Yangtze River, in the sea, river, river intermodal transportation hub position. Nantong port is a class of ports open to the outside world, under the Lvshi class of ports. Nantong is one of the 14 open coastal port cities in China. Nantong section of the Yangtze River is open and stable, with good conditions for the development of shipbuilding and ship repair industry. Nantong has become an important ship repair base in China.

Basic introduction Chinese name ：Nantong Port Foreign name ：NANTONG PORT Geographic coordinates ：120o48′54″E,32o00′45″N Opening time ：1982 Geographic location ：Nantong City, Jiangsu Province Throughput ：220 million tons (2014) Port area ：Tiansheng,Nantong,Wolverine Hill, etc. Port overview, natural conditions, traffic conditions, economic hinterland, scale, navigation information, berths and other information. Information on navigation, berths, business conditions, development objectives, history, performance, special provisions, Port Overview Nantong Port is a national class one open port, a major national coastal port, an important port in the northern wing of the combined port of the Shanghai International Shipping Center, and a member of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH). The geographic coordinates are 120o48′54″E,32o00′45″N. Approved to be open to ships of foreign nationalities in 1982, Nantong Port is now navigable with 199 ports in 65 countries and regions in the world. Nantong City is located on the north coast of the Yangtze River estuary, the Yangtze River Delta Shanghai Economic Zone, the northern wing of the geographic coordinates for the longitude 120 degrees 10 minutes to 120 degrees 55 minutes, latitude 31 degrees 40 minutes to 32 degrees 43 minutes, with a total area of 8,544 square kilometers, a population of 7,290,000 people, an area of 1,692 square kilometers of urban areas, a population of 2,270,000 people. Jurisdiction of Qidong, Haimen, Rugao three cities (county-level cities), Hai'an, Rudong two counties, Chongchuan, Gangzha, Tongzhou, Economic and Technological Development Zone and Wolf Mountain Tourism Resort five districts. Nantong port area east of the Yellow Sea, southwest of the Yangtze River, is the first sea vessel into the Yangtze River port, 104 kilometers from Shanghai Wusong, 191 kilometers from the mouth of the Yangtze River, in the sea, river, river intermodal transportation hub position. East out of the sea with China's north and south coastal ports and countries and regions around the world navigation; through the Yangtze River can be linked to the upper reaches of the Su, Anhui, Gan, E, Xiang, Sichuan six provinces and Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other places. Nantong harbor area behind the harbor pool approach river and Tonglv, Tongyang Canal, Suzhong, Su north river network and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal connected. The land area of the port area is connected with city and county highways, and National Highway 204 and National Highway 328 run through the city. Through the Ning (Nanjing) - (South) Tong first-class highway communication Suzhong, North Jiangsu. By crossing the Yangtze River, usually, Tongsha, sea too steam ferry and Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and the southern highway network connected to the highway in all directions. Natural conditions 1, meteorological wind conditions: often wind southeast. Strong wind direction for the southeast east, the maximum wind speed of 26.3 meters / second. Typhoons affecting the region average about 2 to 3 times a year, generally 6 to 8 levels, basically does not affect the normal navigation of ships. Precipitation: the average annual precipitation is 1,091 millimeters, and the average number of precipitation days greater than 10 millimeters is 33.8 days. Fog: the annual average number of fog days is 30.9 days, which often occurs in late spring and early winter, and the average number of fog days with visibility below level 3 is 11.4 days, which has little effect on loading and unloading operations and ship navigation. Temperature: the average annual temperature is 15℃, the highest average monthly temperature is 29.6℃, and the lowest average monthly temperature is negative 0.2℃. It is not frozen all the year round. 2、Hydrology Tide: Nantong Harbor waters are tide-sensitive river section, and the tide type is irregular semi-daily tide. The most *** level 6.38 meters. The lowest tide level 0.42 meters, the average tide difference of 1.96 meters. Currents: the maximum flow rate of the surface at high tide is 0.99m/s, the minimum flow rate is 0.77m/s, and the average flow rate of the surface is 0.88m/s. The tidal current is 0.99m/s at high tide. Traffic condition Nantong Port is conveniently connected with sea, river and river, and is an ideal material transit place Nantong Port is connected with Tonglv, Tongyang Canal and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal; the land road is connected with National Highway 204 and 318, and Ningtong Expressway. The Tongyan and Tongqi Expressways under construction, Sutong Bridge, Ningqi Railway, and Port Railway will further improve Nantong Port's collection and transportation capacity. Economic Hinterland The direct economic hinterland of Nantong Port is Nantong City and parts of Yancheng, Huai'an and Taixing cities in Central Jiangsu Province, with an area of about 50,000 square kilometers and a population of 30 million. The industrial economy is dominated by the light textile industry, as well as electric power, machinery, electronics, chemicals, shipbuilding and other disciplines. Scale port distribution and berths port has 15 berths, including 1,000-ton berths 3, 3,000-ton berths 4, 5,000-ton berths 2, 25,000-ton berths 2, the quay shoreline length of 1,941 meters, the quay water depth of the front 4 ~ 10.8 m. The new port has the actual production operation of the quay length of 1,941 meters, the quay depth of 4 ~ 10.8 meters. The new port has the actual production of operational quay length of 427 meters, the water depth of the front edge of 3.5 meters, *** there are nine berths, of which seven 400-ton cargo berths, 400-ton passenger berths 1, 300-ton Hong Kong as a ship berth 1. Warehousing Yard and Capacity Nantong Port existing Tiansheng, Nantong, Wolshan 3 port areas and Qinglong, Qidong two port station. Port **** there are four stevedoring companies operating stevedoring business, from top to bottom respectively for the Tiansheng Port Company, Tongzhou Port Company, Yao Harbor Port Company and Wolf Mountain Port Company. Nantong port existing quay shoreline length of 4 110.8 meters, there are more than 10,000 tons of freight wharf 28 (within the owner of 3), more than 1,000 tons of freight wharf 72 (15 within the owner of 15), 5 passenger terminals (3 within the owner of 3) port for the ship and other non-productive wharf 5, 1,000 tons of inland waterways below the wharf 18. loading and unloading machinery and capacity port has 490 sets of machinery and equipment (vehicles), of which 108 sets of lifting machinery, the maximum lifting capacity of a single machine for 200 tons (floating). Harbor for 36 ships, the maximum power of 1,762 kilowatts, a total power of 114,300 kilowatts. Harbor Vessels: 27 working vessels, including 10 tugboats and 9 traffic vessels. Navigation Information Navigation: Nantong navigation section refers to the total **** of 98.8 kilometers from No. 30 light float and the light piling of Laohaiba to the signal pole at the mouth of Liuqian and Shiqiao River, which is in the A navigation area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, with open river, large wind and waves, and obvious tidal sensation. Sailing in the Nantong section of the ship mainly through the Bai Mao sand, Liu Hai sand, Tongzhou sand to the Nantong port waters, the maximum navigable ship tonnage in the 30,000 tons or so, the general draught does not exceed 10.5 meters. Navigation markers: 27 navigation markers*** in the harbor area, including 1 light pile (Ren Port), 25 buoys and 1 lighthouse. The lighthouse is located at Longjiaoyan (31 degrees 59 minutes 34 seconds north latitude, 120 degrees 43 minutes 00 seconds east longitude). Anchorage: Nantong harbor quarantine anchorage; water depth 7 ~ 25 meters; can anchor 27,000 DWT ships. There are 2 anchorages to be moored; No.1 anchorage area of 400,000 square meters, anchoring 15 ships, the maximum mooring capacity of 2,000 tons, used as barge and small seagoing ship anchorage; No.2 anchorage area of 4 million square meters, anchoring 150 ships, the maximum mooring capacity of 5,000 tons. Sea vessel barge operation anchorage 1, the area in the 25th floating extension of 20,000 between the waters, allowing the anchorage of 3 ships, the mooring capacity of 25,000 ~ 30,000 tons. Joint Inspection Anchorage 1, area of 1.5 million square meters, water depth of 10 to 25 meters, can anchor 5 ships, mooring capacity of 25,000 to 30,000 tons. There is 1 anchorage for oil tankers, which is allowed to anchor 2 oil tankers with maximum mooring capacity of 7,000 tons. Berths The port has 15 berths, including 3 berths of 1000 tons, 4 berths of 3000 tons, 2 berths of 5000 tons and 2 berths of 25000 tons, with a quay length of 1,941 meters, and a water depth of 4~10.8 meters at the quay front. The new port has the actual production operation quay length 427 meters, the water depth of the front edge 3.5 meters, *** there are 9 berths, of which there are 7 400-ton cargo berths, 1 400-ton passenger berths, 1 300-ton berths for harbor crafts. Nantong Port Group Co., Ltd. formerly known as the Nantong Port Authority, 2002 implementation of the separation of government and enterprises and the formation. Group companies under the Rugao Port, Tiansheng Port, Tongzhou Port, Yao Port, Wolshan Port, containers and other port companies and foreign cargo handling, ship services, pilotage, customs clearance, port engineering, agents and other auxiliary supporting 20 companies. There are 23 public production berths above 1,000 tons, of which 10 are above 10,000 tons, with a maximum berthing capacity of 50,000 tons and an approved annual throughput capacity of 15,960,000 tons, a yard area of 340,000 square meters and a warehouse area of 24,000 square meters. In 2002, the group completed throughput of 22.275 million tons and 178,000 TEUs. With the new round of development and construction of the port, especially the full-scale construction of three 50,000 ~ 100,000 berths in the third phase of Wushan port area, the new throughput capacity will be 30 million tons and 270,000 TEUs of containers. After the completion of the whole three-phase project, the Group will usher in another new period of development. Nantong Port is located at the east bank of the estuary section of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, where the sea, rivers and streams converge. By the end of 1995, Nantong Port had a land area of 0.42 square kilometers, a water area (including anchorage) of 6.11 square kilometers; 24 production berths, with a total extension of 3,193.4 meters and a maximum berthing capacity of 25,000 tons; 245,000 square meters of storage area; and 286 sets of loading and unloading machinery. In 1995, Nantong Port completed a cargo throughput of 16.096 million tons. In 1995, Nantong Port completed cargo throughput of 16.096 million tons, including 10.382 million tons of local throughput, 2.764 million tons of foreign trade, 87,179 TEU of container throughput, and 5.418 million passengers. Coal accounted for 39.1% of the bulk cargo, metal ores accounted for 25.8%, iron and steel accounted for 12.5%, mining and construction accounted for 3.7%, and grain accounted for 2.9%. During the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period, the port completed major projects, including: the Wolf Mountain Phase II Project completed three 10,000-ton berths, the Yangtze River pool 1, with a new throughput capacity of 8.4 million tons. The entire "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period **** completed capital investment of more than 400 million yuan; a total of more than 40 million yuan invested in port equipment to update and add, so that the port equipment modernization on a new level. Nantong Port has established a friendly port relationship with Fuzhou Port. Development Goals A modern international port city at the crossroads of the river and the sea, and a strong port in the northern wing of Shanghai International Shipping Center. History In August 1904, in order to develop the local industrial needs of Nantong, Zhang Jian, a famous national industrialist, built two relatively well-equipped facilities in Tiansheng Port on the bank of the Yangtze River, with a certain scale of "Tongyuan" and "Tongjing" wharves, and set up Nantong Tiansheng Port Dada The establishment of Nantong Tianshenggang Dada wheel step company, operating port business, the port of Nantong was formally established. The completion of the Tiansheng Port Terminal ended the history of no port terminal along the river and near the sea in Nantong area. At the beginning of the founding of New China, the port facilities of Nantong Port were simple and old-fashioned, only Tiansheng Port had a berth that could be barely used after repairs, there was no institutional equipment, there was no cargo yard, and the warehouse area was less than 1,000 square meters. May 10, 1955 Nantong City People *** Tiansheng Port Dada wheel step takeover, Nantong Port from a private enterprise into the ranks of socialist ownership. August 10, 1957, the Yangtze River Shipping Administration Nantong Port Authority was established. In 1959, Nantong port hub project in the new port area of Nantong port terminal construction project began, the project includes two 3,000 ~ 5,000-ton wharf, a 493 square meters of waiting room and warehouses, yards and other facilities. 1960 April, the new port area of the Nantong port terminal No. 1 put into use. 1961 April, the second terminal construction project all completed. The construction of the new port area of Nantong Port has made Nantong Port from a small local river port to an important water gateway in South Jiangsu Province and a hub port of the Yangtze River trunk line. In 1963, the ship "Heping" of Shanghai Maritime Transportation Bureau transported yellow sand from Qingdao to Nantong Port, and Nantong Port began to have sea-into-river business. In the late 70's, Nantong Port started large-scale wharf construction; in 1980, two 10,000-ton deep-water wharves were built in Wolshan Harbor and one rainy and sunny operation shed with a total floor area of 6,579 square meters, etc. In 1983, one 25,000-ton deep-water wharf was built. The opening of Wushan port area made Nantong port become the first deep-water port on the Yangtze River, forming the advantage of river, sea and river transit transportation, and Nantong port became an open, multi-functional and comprehensive river and sea port. In March 1980, the State Council approved Nantong Port as the Yangtze River foreign trade transportation port, Jiangsu Ocean Shipping Company "Yuhua" first docked at Nantong Port Port No. 1, loading 399 tons of cotton exported to Hong Kong, Nantong Port formally opened foreign trade transportation. In November 1982, Nantong Port was opened to foreign ships, and in May 1983, the first foreign ship "Greenland Sea" berthing and unloading at No.1 Wharf of Wushan Port. In November 1984, the international container shipping line from Nantong to Kobe, Japan was opened; in September 1985, the regular container shipping line from Nantong to Hong Kong was opened. In 1987, the port management system underwent a major reform, Nantong Port implemented the dual leadership of the Ministry of Communications and Nantong Municipality, with local management as the main management system. In 1991, as one of the large and medium-sized key projects during the "7th Five-Year Plan" period of the country, the Wolf Mountain II Project was in full swing, and the project was completed and put into operation in 1993, with a total investment of RMB 250 million yuan, and three 10,000-ton bulk berths and six 2,000-ton Yangtze River berths were constructed, with an annual throughput capacity of 8.4 million tons. 1994, in order to adapt to the continuous development of container transportation, the Wolf Mountain II Project was completed and put into operation. In 1994, in order to adapt to the continuous development of container transportation, the second phase of the Wolf Mountain container, multi-purpose berth project started. 1995, the main project of the container terminal passed the acceptance and put into trial production. 1997, the project was fully completed, with a total investment of 320 million yuan, built 2 container berths, can berth the third generation of container ship operations, the annual throughput capacity of 150,000 TEUs. the completion of the container terminal, the end of the port of Nantong, the history of the container terminal without special. History of Nantong Port. In April 2001, the upgrading project of Nantong port berths passed the completion and acceptance, and the two berths of Nantong port, 405 and 410, were strengthened and upgraded from 25,000 to 30,000 tons to 50,000 tons, making Nantong port the port with the largest berthing capacity along the Yangtze River. On August 30, 2002, the management system of Nantong Port was reformed, and on the basis of the former Nantong Port Authority system, Nantong Port Authority and Nantong Port Group Co., Ltd. were set up, and the newly set up Nantong Port Group will standardize its operation in accordance with the modern enterprise system and give full play to the role of Nantong Port as the main port of the country. On December 18, 2002, the construction of Wolf Mountain Phase III Project, which was included in the national "Tenth Five-Year" development and construction projects, was officially started. Performance In November 1959, the dock workers of Tiansheng Port District succeeded in trial production of the first large-scale electric belt conveyor in Nantong City, with a total length of 104 meters. In 1964, the technicians of Nantong Port designed and made the first 500kg slewing crane in Nantong City. In 1971, the cargo throughput of Nantong Port exceeded 2 million tons for the first time. In March 1980, Nantong Port formally opened foreign trade transportation, Jiangsu Ocean Shipping Company's "Yuhua" first docked at No. 3 wharf in Nantong port area to ship 399 tons of cotton exported to Hong Kong. In May 1983, the first foreign ship "Greenland Sea" berthing and unloading at No.1 wharf in Wushan harbor. In November 1984, the international container route from Nantong to Kobe, Japan was opened. In September 1985, Nantong-Hong Kong regular container transportation service was opened. In 1985, the cargo throughput of Nantong port exceeded 10 million tons, reaching 10.192 million tons, jumping into the ranks of large ports in China. In 1986, China's second, the Yangtze River's first barge platform "Binhai" officially put into production, the annual throughput of 950,000 tons. In 1988, the passenger volume of Nantong Port exceeded 7 million, reaching 7.107 million. In June 1995, Nantong Port became the first national sanitary port in China's inland waterways. In August 1995, the third international liner service between Nantong Port and Pusan Container Line of South Korea was opened. In September 1997, Nantong Port received and discharged the third-generation container ship "Aerobus" and loaded 2,314 TEUs in only 48 hours, which set a new record for the first time that Nantong Port received and discharged the third-generation container ship, and for the largest number of containers loaded at one time in a port on the Yangtze River and for the fastest speed of loading and discharging containers. In 1998, the cargo throughput of the port exceeded 20 million tons, reaching 20.171 million tons; the import and export of containers in the port completed 130,325 TEU, which ranked the first in Yangtze River ports for the first time. In August 2000, Nantong Port officially joined the International Association of Ports and Harbors. In 2000, the cargo throughput of Nantong Port exceeded 20 million tons, reaching 20.345 million tons; the cargo throughput of Yao Hong Kong Port Company exceeded 10 million tons, reaching 11.11 million tons. In April 2001, the two sea vessel berths in Nantong Port were upgraded from 25,000 to 30,000 tons to 50,000 tons, which became the largest berths with berthing capacity among the ports along the Yangtze River. In November 2001, Nantong Port successfully received and discharged for the first time the largest tonnage ship of 150,000 tons "Columbia" ore ship into the port. In 2001, the cargo throughput of Nantong Port was 35.108 million tons, which was 4 years ahead of the throughput target set in the Tenth Five-Year Development Plan. In 2001, Nantong Port was awarded the title of civilized industry in the city and the advanced industry in creating civilized industry in the province; the Party Committee of the Bureau was awarded the title of advanced unit in party building by Nantong City. In January 2002, Nantong Port won the Service Quality Award of Jiangsu Province, which was the only port in the provincial port system to win the award. In 2002, Nantong Port received and discharged 33 sea vessels of 70,000 tons and 10 sea vessels of 150,000 tons, which is a modern international port city where the river and the sea meet. Special Provisions According to the current channel conditions and navigation conditions in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, ships entering or leaving the Yangtze River, where the total length of the ships (fleet) exceeds 205 meters, and the fresh draft exceeds 9.7 meters, as well as other special difficulties in the operation of the ships, before entering the port area, shall implement safety and technical safeguard measures, and report to the Yangtze River District Harbor Supervision for approval in order to ensure that all full. Night Sailing: Because the Yangtze River is an inland waterway, any ship with an overall length of 160 meters or less and a light draft of 9.5 meters or less can sail at night. Ships loaded with first-class dangerous goods are strictly prohibited to sail or berth at night. Vessels navigating in the harbor area can use VHF radio telephone channel 6 to communicate with each other on navigation business. Captains of ships in the harbor area should use VHF radio phone channel 6 to keep continuous listening duty. Vessels navigating in the Yangtze River waters, in case of bad weather, flooding, reduced visibility, fire, machine power or rudder device failure, excessive inclination of the hull and other conditions affecting navigation need to be temporarily anchored, should try to rely on the edge of the channel side of the mooring, shall not take up the main channel, and promptly report the name of the ship to the harbor superintendent, the time of anchoring, the location of what kind of assistance is required and the time to sail away, and so on.