Yangshan Port ( Chinese : 洋山 港 , p Yángshān Gǎng , Wu Yan-se Kaon ), formally the Yangshan Deep-Water Port ( 洋山 深 水 港 , p Yángshān Shēnshuǐ Gǎng , Wu Yan-se Sen-sy Kaon ), is a deep water port for container ships in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai . The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road . The port is built on the islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan, part of the Zhoushan archipelago , with fill from land reclamation . Connected to Shanghai's Pudong New Area by the Donghai Bridge and forming part of the Port of Shanghai , the islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan are administered separately as part of Zhejiang's Shengsi County .
9-1422: Yangshan could refer to the following places in China: Yangshan Port (洋山港), part of Port of Shanghai Yangshan Park Station (羊山公园站), a station on the Line No. 2 of the Nanjing Metro, opened on 28 May 2010 Yangshan County (阳山县), in Guangdong Yangshan Town Yangshan, Chaoyang County (羊山镇), in Liaoning Yangshan, Jinxiang County (羊山镇), in Shandong Yangshan, Wuxi (阳山镇), in Huishan District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Yangshan, Shengsi County (洋山镇), in Shengsi County, Zhoushan, Zhejiang Yangshan Township Yangshan Township, Wuwei County (羊山乡), in Wuwei County, Anhui Yangshan Township, Wencheng County (仰山乡), in Wencheng County, Zhejiang Yangshan Quarry (阳山碑材), an ancient stone quarry near Nanjing [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
18-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Yangshan Port Built to allow the Port of Shanghai to grow despite shallow waters near the shore, it allows berths with depths of up to 15 metres (49 ft) to be built, and can handle today's largest container ships. In mid-2011, port officials said the port was on track to move 12.3 million Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) during
27-529: Is part of the S2 Hulu Expressway . The bridge has a long and narrow speedway and does not allow vehicles that do not meet the weight requirements. On 29 January 2014, Shanghai's urban planning authorities announced that they would build a second bridge combining road and rail to help meet growing transport demands for the Yangshan Deep-Water Port . Plans from 2019 show that this second bridge
36-525: Is served by Luchaogang railway station on the Pudong Railway , which was opened in 2005 near the mainland end of the Donghai Bridge. Donghai Bridge Donghai Bridge ( Chinese : t 東海 大橋 , s 东海 大桥 , p Dōnghǎi Dàqiáo , Wu Tonhe Dujiau lit. " East Sea Bridge") is a Chinese bridge counted among the longest cross-sea bridges in
45-457: The port will have 30 berths capable of handling 15 million TEUs annually. The Yangshan Port is connected to the mainland via the 32.5 km (20.2 mi) Donghai Bridge , opened on 1 December 2005 as the world's longest sea bridge . The six-lane highway bridge took 6,000 workers 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years to construct. There is no direct railway connection to the Yangshan Port. The port
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63-484: The world . It was completed on December 10, 2005. It has a total length of 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) and connects mainland Shanghai 's Pudong New Area with the offshore Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Zhejiang 's Shengsi County . Most of the bridge is a low-level viaduct . There are also cable-stayed sections to allow for the passage of large ships, the largest with a span of 420 metres (1,380 ft). Donghai Bridge
72-553: The year, up from 10.1 million TEUs in 2010, overtaking port of Singapore to become the world's busiest container port . In 2015, the port handled 36.54 million TEUs, and by 2019, its throughput had increased to 43.35 million TEU. In 2000 and 2001, the decision was made to commence construction on the first of four phases. The first two phases have nine berths in total along a 3 km (1.9 mi) quayside . The first phase, which opened in 2004, can accommodate 2.2 million containers annually and includes 10 quay cranes. The second phase
81-462: Was opened in December 2006, and comprises 72 hectares (180 acres) with 15 quay cranes. The third phase, opened in stages, was completed in 2010 with seven berths. The fourth phase, which began trial operation on Dec. 10, 2017, will add 4 million Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) to the port's annual capacity. The total cost of building the port may reach US$ 12 billion over 20 years. When complete,
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