【Port Profile】

　　Yantai Port has a long history. It was opened for as early as in 1861. The harbor has been expanded many times since the foundation of People's Republic of China in 1949. Large-scale expansions have been carried out especially since the year of 1973 in accordance with Premier Zhou Enlai's instruction, i.e. “To change the looks of ports in three years”.

　　With the proceeding of the reform and the national economic growth, Yantai Port witnesses a wonderful developing opportunity. Under the 1 st and the 2 nd Phases of port construction project, 12 deep water berths were completed and put into operation in 1990 and 1997 respectively, allowing the harbor to have an additional annual design capacity of 7.3 million tons for cargo handling.

　　To meet the development demand of containerization and the vessels' upgrading trend, the 3 rd Phase Project was commenced in 1997, consisting of 7 deep-water berths to be completed in two periods. During the first construction period, two container berths (with the alongside depth of – 14 m) and two conventional cargo berths (with the alongside depth of – 16 m) were completed in December 2001 and were accepted after inspection by the relevant authorities of the State, with a newly-increased design capacity of 2.55 million tons per annum.

　　The construction of the other facilities under the 3 rd Phase of the second construction period was commenced in 2004. By Aug. 2005, the facilities have been ready for vessel accommodation. After the overall completion of the 3 rd Phase Project, the costal line will be increased by 1,026 m, with a maximum water depth of -20 m. In April 2004, another expansion project along the seashore of the west basin of Yantai Port was completed, under which a container berth and a multi-purpose berth were built up, with a total annual designed capacity of 960,000 tons.

　　Data of the port facilities are provided as follows: