Relevant Parameters of Anqing Port

Anqing Port has a total length of 247 kilometers of shoreline, of which 22.5 kilometers are from the mouth of Anhui River to the mouth of Qianjiang River, making the port area extremely rich in shoreline resources. Port area of the Yangtze River mainline river stability, with the construction of 5,000-10,000 tons of deep-water berths in the river and the sea ship of the shoreline of superior conditions. The waterway is smooth, not affected by tides, no freezing in winter and no flooding in spring, and has a good capacity for passage. The channel is 5 meters during the dry water period, 6 meters during the middle flood period and 7.5 meters during the flood period, which can pass 10,000 tons of ships.

Anqing port is strategically located, the external traffic is very convenient, highway, waterway, railroad, aviation combined with the three-dimensional transportation system has gradually formed.

Anqing Port has four major port areas, namely, Anqing Port, Susong Port, Huayang Port and Fengyang Port, with more than 220 berths of various sizes, including more than 180 berths for major production, 10 berths of 5,000-ton class, 3 berths for containers, and 4 anchorages. The maximum lifting capacity of the quay front is 40 tons, and the annual design capacity of the port is 30 million tons. 2007 port cargo throughput was nearly 30 million tons, and the container throughput was nearly 10,000 boxes.

On July 5, 2011, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications approved the port of Anqing as a cross-strait direct shipping port. Anqing port to Taiwan after direct flights, will seize the favorable opportunity to take advantage of the approval of direct flights, make full use of the northern bank of the Wanjiang River, the favorable conditions of the deep-water port, accelerate the construction of infrastructure, and strive to build the southwestern Anhui Province as soon as possible, the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River set of a variety of modes of transport as a whole, the layout of a reasonable, functionally sound, efficient service, environmental harmony of the regional center hub ports.