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Chiwan port
Navigation Information
Latitude:22° 27' NLongtitude:113° 52' E
Port Description
Location:lies on the east bank of the Pearl River DeltaPort Authority
China Nanshan Developement(Group) Co.,Ltd. Shezhen
Tel:(755) 6694888
Fax: (755) 6694297
Tlx:420807CNDCCN
General Information
Chiwan is a small port and is the logistic base for the Nanhai Oil Field. Further container terminal development has been planned. Extensive bagging and warehousing facilities are available. With its continuous development in container handling facilities, it can act as a sub-distribution centre for the container business in Hong Kong.
Communication
A railway links the port to the Guangzhou-shenzhen railway and the national rail network. Highways link up with the main Guangzhou-shenzhen Highway and the Regional Highway System. Waterborne traffic has access to the port on the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta and all the coastal ports. Chiwan is 20nm from Hong Kong, 70nm from Guangzhou and 842nm from Shanghai.
Planned Development
Kaifeng Container Terminal will be developed further with an additional two berths for third and fourth generation container ship.
Cargo Handling Facilities
| Length (metres) | Depth (metres) | Max Vesssel Size (GRT) | Cargo Handling Equipment | |
| Terminals Container Seafrontage | 827 | 12.1~14 | - | Yes |
| Bulk Cargo Seafrontage | 685 | 9.6~12.1 | 35,000 | Yes |
| Breakbulk Seafrontage | 137 | 8.6 | 10,000 | - |
| Barge/Small Craft Seafrontage | 515 | 6.6~7.1 | - | Yes |
| Oil Terminal Jetties (No.) | 130 | 7.1 | 5,000 | - |
| Stream Cargo Working Buoys | - | - | - | - |
| Cargo Working Anchorages | - | - | - | - |
Port Services
| Tugs | 6 tugs, 3 with power outputs over 3,000 hp |
| Repair Facilities | - | Others | - |
Approach Channel
Length 3.3 kmWidth 120 m
Depth at C.D. (metres) 12.5 m
Remarks
There are 2 Container Terminal operators :
a.Shenzhen Chiwan Harbour Container Co. - a subsidiary of China Nanshan Development Co., Ltd.
b.Shenzhen Kaifeng Container Terminal Co., Ltd. - a Sino-foreign jointly invested company
