General Description
Location: The port of Zhoushan is located in the N part of the East China Sea, SE of Hangzhou Bay and adjacent to Ningbo.
General overview: Zhoushan has recently merged with Ningbo port and is now controlled by the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Authority.
Zhoushan is a new deepwater port mainly engaged in sea-going transhipments of dry bulk and oil cargoes including crude oil, edible oil, coal, ore, cement, timber, stone, and containers.
There are also several shipbuilding and repair yards. The port is made up of 8 port districts with several deepwater harbour areas, which include:
- Dinghai
- Shenjiamen
- Laotangshan
- Gaoting
- Qushan
- Sijiao
- Luhushan
- Yangshan (see separate entry).
Aoshan Oil Terminal is on Aoshan Island off SW coast of Zhoushan. Majishan Island is approx 45nm NE (30°41'N 122°25'E) and is an iron ore transshipment terminal.
The new Dapukou Container Terminal is now in operation on Jingtang Island.
Traffic figures: Approx 576,800,000t of cargo and 10,500,000TEU are handled annually.
Load line zone: Summer.
Max size: Zhoushan: LOA 220m, draught 11.0m. Aoshan Crude: LOA 490m, draught 20m, 270,000DWT.
Aoshan Bulk: LOA 104m, draught 10.5m, 15,000DWT.
Putuo Shan: Draught 8.5m.
Majishan: Max draught 18.5m, max official 250,000DWT.