[photopress:tianjin_port_which_is_being_made_bigger.jpg,full,alignright]Tianjin will soon become the world’s largest man-made deep water port. With a budget of RMB714 million (US$89.25 million), the project requires a construction of a navigable deep-water channel capable of accommodating ships of 250,000 dead weight tonnages (DWT).
Workers have so far completed 43.3% of the project. Water in the projected channel will be up to 19.5 meters deep upon its completion late this year, which will enable Tianjin to handle all ships that sail into the Bohai Sea.
Currently, Tianjin only has a deep-water channel accommodating 150,000-dwt ships. Tianjin port now serves as an outlet for goods from the central and western parts of China. It handled 250 million tons of cargo and 5.9 million TEU of containers last year.
The port, which has established trade ties with more than 160 countries and regions in the world, hopes to handle 300 million tons of cargo and 10 million TEU of containers by 2010.
Source: China View