Overview:
Chiwan Port is located at the top of the Nantou Peninsula in the west of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, and is the third largest port in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. It was built in 1982 by China Nanshan Development Co., Ltd. In addition to Shenzhen, the economic hinterland also has Huiyang, Dongguan and parts of the Pearl River Delta. The transit hinterland includes Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, northern Guangdong, eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and both banks of the Xijiang River in Guangxi. With the rapid development of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Chiwan Port has also risen rapidly. It was opened to foreign ships in May 1984. The Chiwan-Yantian railway will be opened to traffic in 1995 and will be connected to the Beijing-Guangzhou line via the Guangzhou-Shenzhen line to connect with national railways. The highways include Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Huishen and Shenzhen-Shantou lines, and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway is expected to open to traffic in 1995. Shenzhen International Airport is about 24km away from the port . There are currently 24 berths above 500 tons in Chiwan Port, including 11 deep-water berths above 10,000 tons. The designed maximum berthing capacity is multi-purpose berths of 50,000 tons, 70,000 tons of containers, and 7 container berths; There are 7 dedicated berths for the South China Sea Petroleum Logistics Service Base. The total length of the shoreline of the terminal is 4461 meters.
According to the notice from Shenzhen China Merchants Port: Chiwan (CWN) and Shekou (SHK) terminals have been merged since 2017, and each shipping company will basically switch between March and March 31, 2017. After the merger, only the international code (CNSHK) will be available in the future, and the (CNCWN) will not be used; the port of shipment from the letter of credit can only be displayed in the future (SHEKOU), not (CHIWAN); EDI message, (CHIWAN) terminal The import and export of import and export will be replaced by (CNSHK) instead of the previous (CHIWAN) or (CNCWN) codes. (CHIWAN/SHEKOU) When changing ships between piers, it will be regarded as a pier.
The bulk cargoes unloaded in Chiwan Port area mainly include: fertilizer, grain, edible oil, building materials, etc. The Chiwan Port Area has become one of the most important import and export chemical fertilizer transit ports in China; 34 grain silos with a total capacity of 230,000 cubic meters have been built, and the annual grain throughput exceeds 3 million tons. It has become an important grain in South China. Transit port.
Relying on the geographical advantage of being adjacent to Hong Kong and being located in the hinterland of the world's largest source of goods, as well as the Shenzhen Municipal Government's strategy of "Strengthening the City by Port", the container terminal handling business has grown rapidly, and the throughput has increased year by year. Six large container berths in the Chiwan Port area have been built and operated, and large container liners of 10,000 TEU can be berthed; two container berths in the Mawan Port area that have participated in investment operations have also been completed and put into operation. The company's container terminal has an annual throughput capacity of 4 million TEU. 22 world-renowned shipping companies, including Mediterranean Shipping, President of the United States, CMA CGM, Israel, Nordic Asia, China Shipping, Hanjin, Evergreen, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine Mitsui, Maersk, etc. have opened 63 international liner routes to major ports in the world.
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