150,000-ton port waterway project granted
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Monday, 13 May 2013 10:06
It is learned on May 6 from Ningbo Port and Shipping Administration Bureau that a 150,000-ton port waterway project in Meishan Port area has passed the pre-feasibility study report review, and is expected to start construction in early 2014. By then, the Meishan port waterway will have the capacity for passage of 150,000-ton container ships or even the world's largest 18000TEU ships currently under construction.
According to reports, the No.1 and No.2 berths of the first phase of the container ship terminal project in the Meishan Bonded Port area have been completed and put into use, while the other three berths are expected to be put into use within this year, and the berths will have the capacity of 150,000-ton container ships. The No.6 to No.10 berths are also planned to have the same capacity and are now in the preparation stages.
At present, as the minimum water depth of the natural waterway of entering and leaving Meishan Bonded Port area is only 15.6 meters, which allows for only 100,000-ton container ships. "The 150,000-ton port waterway project is mainly based on the existing natural channel. For water areas with insufficient depths, we plan to do some digging, reef explosion and setting up new beacons." said an official from the bureau. The waterway project, aiming at the capacity for the two-way high-tide bidirectional navigation of 150,000-ton fully loaded container ships, as well as for the passage of 200,000-ton fully loaded container ships, will cost about 30 million yuan.
