A few days ago, the State Council approved the expansion of the Tongzhou Bay port area in Nantong Port. The opening scope includes the Sanjiasha operation area and the waters of the Yaosha Lengjiasha operation area. The coastline is 46.4 kilometers. The first batch of 16 berths has been approved to open. The port of Tongzhou Bay Port area is constructed by 4 sections of coastline. Among them, the coastline of Sanjiasha area is 23 kilometers, including Sanjiasha 7.3 kilometers (including inner harbor basin) and Dongzao port area 15.7 kilometers; Yaosha and Lengjiasha area are 23.4 kilometers (including first, second and third harbor basins). All). According to the port opening plan and construction progress, by 2025, 19 berths of various types will be built, and the cargo throughput is expected to reach 48 million tons, of which the foreign trade throughput is 24 million tons and the container is 4.8 million TEUs.

At present, Nantong has four water transport ports: Nantong Port, Rugao Port, Rudong Yangkou Port, Qidong Port and Xingdong Airport Air Port, with the largest number of ports in the province. The approval of the opening of the Tongzhou Bay Port Area is another major breakthrough in the development and construction of Nantong Port. It marks the realization of the full port functions in the four main port operation areas of Lvsi, Dongzao Port, Tongzhou Bay and Yangkou along the coast. cover.

Gao Hongyu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, Director of the Nantong Municipal Bureau of Commerce, and Director of the Port Office stated that there is a lot of work to be done from the approval of the State Council to meeting the requirements for the entry of ships on international voyages. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce (Port Office) will be under the leadership of the Tongzhou Bay Port Construction Committee. Under the support of the Nantong Maritime Safety Administration, customs, and border checkpoints, speed up the construction of the port’s software and hardware supporting facilities and related docks, and strive to pass the national inspection and acceptance as soon as possible and realize the official opening to the outside world.

Nantong Port Expands Opening of Tongzhou Bay Port Area

The scope of opening includes: Sanjiasha operation area, Yaosha Lengjiasha operation area water area, 46.4 kilometers of shoreline open, and 16 berths were approved to open in the first batch. It is understood that a total of 4 coastlines have been constructed in the Tongzhou Bay Port Area. Among them, the coastline of Sanjiasha area is 23 kilometers, including Sanjiasha 7.3 kilometers (including inner harbor basin) and Dongzao port area 15.7 kilometers; Yaosha and Lengjiasha area are 23.4 kilometers (including first, second and third harbor basins). All). According to the port opening plan and construction progress, by 2025, 19 berths of various types will be built, and the cargo throughput is expected to reach 48 million tons, of which the foreign trade throughput is 24 million tons and the container is 4.8 million TEUs.

At present, Nantong has four water transport ports: Nantong Port, Rugao Port, Rudong Yangkou Port, Qidong Port and Xingdong Airport Air Port, with the largest number of ports in the province. The approval of the opening of the Tongzhou Bay Port Area is another major breakthrough in the development and construction of Nantong Port. It marks the realization of the full port functions in the four main port operation areas of Lvsi, Dongzao Port, Tongzhou Bay and Yangkou along the coast. cover. This will undoubtedly build the strategic fulcrum of the Tongzhou Bay Yangtze River Economic Belt, attract more major port projects, ensure the development of Zhongtian Fine Steel and other enterprises, and provide stronger port support.

Keywords: port opening, port trade

The main person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce stated that there is a lot of work to be done from the approval of the State Council to meeting the requirements for the entry of ships on international voyages. The Municipal Bureau of Commerce (Port Office) will be under the leadership of the Tongzhou Bay Port Construction Committee and in the Nantong Maritime Safety Administration, With the support of customs and entry-exit border checkpoints, speed up the construction of port software and hardware supporting facilities and related docks, strive to pass the national inspection and acceptance as soon as possible, and realize the official opening to the outside world.Editor/Xing Wentao、Design/Xia Changwang