Port of Yangpu, Seaport in Yangpu Economic Development Zone, Danzhou, Hainan, China
The Port of Yangpu is a cargo facility located on the northern coast of Hainan Island, serving as a hub for maritime trade in the South China Sea. It handles diverse cargo including steel, mineral ores, coal, machinery, and containerized goods for regional and international shipments.
Yangpu Bay was recorded in the 1935 edition of the Danxian Gazetteer as a deep anchorage ringed by rock, able to hold hundreds of ships. A preparatory group for the port was set up in 1975 after hydrological surveys, and the Ministry of Transport approved the first phase in 1984. Construction began in 1987; in March 1990 a 20,000-tonne container berth and a 20,000-tonne coal and general cargo berth opened, with foreign vessels admitted from June. The first phase was completed in 1991, followed by expansions in 1998 and 2008, the Shentou port area in 2011 and the Xiaochantan wharf in 2018.
The port serves as a meeting point for international maritime commerce, connecting Chinese traders with partners from Singapore, Vietnam, and Middle Eastern nations.
The port lies in the Yangpu Economic Development Zone on the Yangpu Peninsula, in Danzhou, northwestern Hainan. It is divided into three zones: Yangpu for containers, Shentou for liquid industrial products, and Baimajing for fishing. Access is via roads serving the development zone.
The 1935 Dan County Gazetteer already described Yangpu as deep enough for warships and holding hundreds of vessels, with rock all around. The port was split into three zones: Yangpu for containers, Shentou for refining, liquid fuels and natural gas, and Baimajing for fishing, one of the South China Sea's offshore fishing bases.
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