The shipping platform

Location: Yangshan is located to the SE of Shanghai, 72km from the Yangtze River Estuary. General overview: Yangshan is a new deep water container port, comprising three areas: Yangshan wharves, Donghai Bridge (East China Sea Bridge) and the supplementary Luchao Port Logistics Park on the mainland. The port, which lies on reclaimed land, will eventually have 30 deep water berths and is aimed at relieving congestion in Shanghai port. The 32km Donghai road bridge connects the island to the mainland and is the longest cross-sea bridge in the world. Phases 1 and 2 are complete and operational and include 9 berths, a quay frontage of 3km. Phase 3 includes an additional 7 container berths along a further 1.6km of quay length, extending the total quay length to 5.6km and boosting the annual capacity by an additional 2,000,000TEU. Feeder vessels of 350TEU will run a container shuttle service between Yantian and Waigaoqiao at 8 hourly intervals. There is also a new LNG berth and China Terminals oil jetties, with large storage facilities, which have recently been constructed on Shenjiawan, a small island close E of Yangshan Island. Traffic figures: Phases 1, 2 and 3A handled approx 7,550,000TEU. Approx 96 vessels are handled annually. Max size: Container terminal: Vessels of 6th generation container vessels, 9,000TEU, 100,000DWT. LNG Vessels: Draught 12.0m, 215,000m³. Oil Terminal: Tankers up to 125,000DWT.