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Port Of Singapore |
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The Republic of Singapore, the second smallest country in Asia, consists of Singapore Island and several smaller adjacent islets. Situated in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore has an area of 693 sq km (268 sq mi). Comparatively, the area occupied by Singapore is slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, D.C. Singapore Island extends 41.8 km (26 mi) ENE – WSW and 22.5 km (14 mi) SSE – NNW and has a coastline of 193 km (120 mi), including about 84 km (52 mi) along the water channel between the island and the Malay Peninsula. Singapore is connected to the nearby western portion of Malaysia by a causeway 1,056 m (3,465 ft) in length across the narrow Johore Strait. Singapore's position at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca, which separates western |
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Port of Shanghai |
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Location: located on the Huangpu River at the month of the Changjiang River。Shanghai is the largest port in China. Being the centre of China's coastwise traffic, the Changjiang River Traffic, and ocean shipping and also being a water - rail intermodal transport juncture, it is a comprehensive and multi-propose commercial port and one of China's main foreign trade ports, however, access to the port is restricted by its limited depth. Even with dredging, there may be difficult in accommodating 6000 TEU ships.Ningbo's Beilungang may supplement Shanghai to cater for the large container ships. Shanghai Container Terminals (SCT), a joint venture set up by Shanghai Port Authority and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, owns and operates all container facilities in Shanghai.
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Port of Qingdao |
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Port of Qingdao has three port areas: Old Port Area, Huangdao Oil Port Area and Qianwan New Port. As a port offering comprehensive services, it can handle a variety of general and bulk cargo, and project equipment. Container, coal, iron ore, crude oil and grain are the five major cargo types of the port, and it also handles fertilizer, alumina, cement, sodium carbonate, rubber, wool pulp, cotton, ironware, lumber, and extra-large shipment.In 2008, the port achieved a record volume of 300 million tons, ranking world's No.7, and it's container volume hit 10.02 million TEU, ranking word's No.10. Port of Qingdao is China's 2nd largest port for foreign trade. Situated on the eastern end of the new ContinentalBridge, Port of Qingdao is the first and largest transshipment port for international boxes, and the top reefer container port. |
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Port of Korea |
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Port of Incheon
Incheon port is located at 37˚ 27' 54" north latitude, 126˚ 37' 12" east longitude at the center of Northeast Asia. Incheon port is a high technology port that advances into Northeast Asia. It transformed from the central port of Korea into a world class, next generation port.Incheon port established sisterhood port relationships with world leading ports such as Le Havre (France), Oakland (US), Vancouver (Canada), Jeddha (Saudi Arabia), and more recently Antwerp (Belgium). Incheon port has been working to emerge as the central port of Northeast Asia by exchanging information and cooperating with these sister ports. Incheon port is the entrance towards the Five Oceans. |
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