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February 4th, 2005, 12:12 PM
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YANGSHAN PORT DEVELOPMENT, CHINA
The People's Republic of China have taken the decision to build a new deep water port on Big and Little Yangshan Island. The Yangshan port project in Shanghai, China, is one of the largest port project currently under consideration in the world.
PROJECT RATIONALE
The Yangshan project was born after careful assessment of the suitability of the Shanghai port in relation to the forecast traffic growth and the growing use of new, bigger, third and fourth generation container ships.
The port of Shanghai has experienced an explosive growth rate, averaging 29% per year in the last three years. This growth was driven by accelerated export demand, which might gain another short term boost once China is accepted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The throughput for 2005, the year that Yangshan port is expected to become operational, is expected to reach 8.5 million TEUs.
Since Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, most of the goods that travel from the Yangtze River region both for import and export go through Shanghai Port. By the end of 1999, total cargo handling capacity at the Shanghai port was over 180 million tons and 4.21 million TEUs (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit). Yet Shanghai's port development has been constrained by two problems:
* The water depth of the Yangtze River estuary is only 7 metres, so third and fourth generation container ships can only come in and out freely at high tide.
* The water depth of the Huangpu River is only 7-8 metres and the river is also too narrow for large ships. Container ships cannot manoeuvre or turn freely.
The Shanghai Municipal Government (SMG) found that in the Yangshan Island the water is at least 15 metres deep, and fifth and sixth generation container ships can come and go freely. The area is a natural shelter from the typhoon belt.
PROJECT TIMESCALE
The starting date of the construction has not been announced yet. Official sources agree that the new port should be ready around 2005.
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
The project includes a 52 berth container terminal, located on a cluster of partially inhabited islands in Hangzhou Bay, south of Shanghai. In addition, the project includes a 32 km bridge to connect the islands to the closest on-shore point and a shore based terminal to accommodate auxiliary facilities that cannot fit on the small islands.
Because of the small size of the islands and their mountainous topography, construction of the terminal is costly and involves large amounts of reclamation work. The investment required for the first, five berth stages is about $2.8 billion and for the entire 52 berth complex $16-18 billion could be needed. The port will consist of three parts:
* A deep-water port area where fifty container berths will be built at the new deep water port area.
* A bridge 30 kilometres long will be built to connect Big Yangshan Island, Little Yangshan Island and the town of Luchaogang in Nanhui County, Shanghai. The bridge will be a fixed bridge which will have eight lanes and two high rise sections (one for 1,000 dwt vessels and the other for 5,000 dwt vessels) to accommodate Hangzhou Bay ships passing under the bridge.
* A new port city at the Luchaogang area will be built to facilitate the development of the new deep water port.
The total investment of the Phase I project will reach $ 1.8 billion. Phase I includes:
Five container berths that will be finished by 2005. The total handling capacity of the five new berths will be 2 million TEUs. A 32km long bridge with four lanes which will be completed by 2005.
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YANGSHAN PORT DEVELOPMENT, CHINA
The People's Republic of China have taken the decision to build a new deep water port on Big and Little Yangshan Island. The Yangshan port project in Shanghai, China, is one of the largest port project currently under consideration in the world.
PROJECT RATIONALE
The Yangshan project was born after careful assessment of the suitability of the Shanghai port in relation to the forecast traffic growth and the growing use of new, bigger, third and fourth generation container ships.
The port of Shanghai has experienced an explosive growth rate, averaging 29% per year in the last three years. This growth was driven by accelerated export demand, which might gain another short term boost once China is accepted to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The throughput for 2005, the year that Yangshan port is expected to become operational, is expected to reach 8.5 million TEUs.
Since Shanghai is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, most of the goods that travel from the Yangtze River region both for import and export go through Shanghai Port. By the end of 1999, total cargo handling capacity at the Shanghai port was over 180 million tons and 4.21 million TEUs (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit). Yet Shanghai's port development has been constrained by two problems:
* The water depth of the Yangtze River estuary is only 7 metres, so third and fourth generation container ships can only come in and out freely at high tide.
* The water depth of the Huangpu River is only 7-8 metres and the river is also too narrow for large ships. Container ships cannot manoeuvre or turn freely.
The Shanghai Municipal Government (SMG) found that in the Yangshan Island the water is at least 15 metres deep, and fifth and sixth generation container ships can come and go freely. The area is a natural shelter from the typhoon belt.
PROJECT TIMESCALE
The starting date of the construction has not been announced yet. Official sources agree that the new port should be ready around 2005.
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
The project includes a 52 berth container terminal, located on a cluster of partially inhabited islands in Hangzhou Bay, south of Shanghai. In addition, the project includes a 32 km bridge to connect the islands to the closest on-shore point and a shore based terminal to accommodate auxiliary facilities that cannot fit on the small islands.
Because of the small size of the islands and their mountainous topography, construction of the terminal is costly and involves large amounts of reclamation work. The investment required for the first, five berth stages is about $2.8 billion and for the entire 52 berth complex $16-18 billion could be needed. The port will consist of three parts:
* A deep-water port area where fifty container berths will be built at the new deep water port area.
* A bridge 30 kilometres long will be built to connect Big Yangshan Island, Little Yangshan Island and the town of Luchaogang in Nanhui County, Shanghai. The bridge will be a fixed bridge which will have eight lanes and two high rise sections (one for 1,000 dwt vessels and the other for 5,000 dwt vessels) to accommodate Hangzhou Bay ships passing under the bridge.
* A new port city at the Luchaogang area will be built to facilitate the development of the new deep water port.
The total investment of the Phase I project will reach $ 1.8 billion. Phase I includes:
Five container berths that will be finished by 2005. The total handling capacity of the five new berths will be 2 million TEUs. A 32km long bridge with four lanes which will be completed by 2005.