Major expansion at Tianjin
1 November 2002
Tianjin, China's fourth largest port, is to spend Yn12bn on port infrastructure over the coming decade, said Xinhua. As part of the plan, the city will build a 30 sq km island in the north of the port area and complete a deepwater channel accommodating 150,000- dwt ships by 2005. It will also build an oil wharf with an annual handling capacity of up to 300,000 tons and it will expand containerhandling capacity to 1.7m teu.
