Port of Shanghai - Container Terminals

Further to my previous post about Port of Shanghai, here we will see in detail about the container terminals in the port. As I mentioned in my previous post there are three major container terminals in the Port of Shanghai. The container terminals in the three areas namely, Yangshan, Waigaoqiao and Wusongkou have a quay length of 13 kms and has a total of 43 berths, 156 quay cranes and container yard of an area 6,730,000 m2. The port’s container terminals have advanced facilities like intelligent gate service which facilitates the speed up of container pick-ups and advanced handling operation with the help of twenty-seven 40 ft twin lift quay cranes. Apart from these, the container terminal also offers CFS services which ranges from stuffing and/or stripping of containers, container pick-ups and delivery, LCL service, etc.,


Now let us see the three container terminals in detail.


WUSONGKOU AREA:

This area of the port is where Shanghai Container Terminals (SCT) Company limited is situated. It is a joint venture between the Shanghai container company limited and Hutchison Port holdings limited. The three container terminals in SCT has a total of 10 berths, 2.3 thousand meters of quays and a 550 thousand square meters of container yards. With the wide range of dock services offered by SCT, it also acts as a shipping and freight agency by handling and washing containers, providing storage and transportation for cargo and also storing goods inland in the port.

WAIGAOQIAO AREA:

This area has the SIPG Zhendong container terminal branch. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SIPG. Waigaoqiao area is located on the Yangtze’s west bank at about 85 kilometers from the river’s mouth. This terminal has a total of 1566 meters of quays with 5 berths. Since 2000, the terminal provides world class technological facilities, equipment and information management systems. The terminal covers a total of 160 hectares.

YANGSHAN AREA:

Yangshan area which is the deep water port contains the Shanghai Shengdong International Container Terminal Company Limited. This fully owned and operated by SIPG. Launched in 2005, the terminal and logistics park is equipped with latest technology which assures production efficiency and management systems to its customers. This terminal is capable of handling more than 2.2 million TEUs of containerized cargo with a total 3000-meter-long deep water quay, 34 modern container quay cranes. The company manages and operates the terminals at port’s deep water port and also the nearby International Logistics park.