Port of Xiamen
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The Port of Xiamen is a deepwater port located in Fujian province in the People's Republic of China. It handles coal.
The port comprises six areas: Heping, Dongdu, Haitian, Shihushan, Gaoqi and Liuwudian in Tongan.
Location
The port is located in the mouth of the Jiulongjiang River on the southern coastline of Fujian province.
Background
The port is owned and operated by Xiamen Port Authority (厦门港口管理局) which is a department of the Xiamen Municipal Government.[1] It is the 8th-largest container port in China and is 17th in the world.[2] The port has 74 berths. One can handle vessels of 100,000 or more tonnes, 23 berths are for 10,000 or more tonnes, and two handle vessels between berths for 5,000 and 10,000 tonnes. There are nine container terminals.[3]
In 2003, Xiamen handled 34 million tonnes of cargo (total), including 2.33 million twenty-foot equivalent units of containers.[3][4][5] In 2013, this number had increased to 191 million tonnes of cargo (total).[2]
Port of Xiamen and coal
Port of Xiamen is a major coal facility. According to sources from Xiamen Customs, Port of Xiamen imported a total of 900,000 tonnes of power coal in July 2010 from Southeast Asian countries. Xiamen imported about 5.6 million tonnes of coal in the first seven months of the 2010, with a total value of USD $400 million. At a rate of around 900,000 tonnes per month, the coal-handling capacity of the port is up to 11 million tonnes per year.[6]
According to a 2018 article on Splash247, the port handles around 10 million tonnes of coal per year (on average) and serves power companies in northern China.[7]
In 2018, Xiamen International Port announced a plan to set up a coal trading unit at the port, with an initial investment of 10 million RMB ($1.48m USD).[7] There has been no public update on this plan since then.
From 2019 to 2021, China placed restrictions on imported coal, primarily coming from Australia, due to a reported oversupply from previous years. The limitations have left Xiamen Port in a so-called 'coal drought' during this period.[8][9]
Port Details
- Operator: Xiamen Port Holding Group, Xiamen Port Authority
- Location: Xiamen, Fujian province, China
- Annual Coal Capacity (Tonnes per annum): 11 million
- Status: Operating
- Type: Imports
- Coal source: Australia
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 厦门港口管理局官方网站-Port of Xiamen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Port of Xiamen - Wikipedia". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Xiamen Municipal Government, P.R.China
- ↑ CHINA Ports (Xiamen Ports )
- ↑ Xiamen - Modern Infrastructure
- ↑ "Xiamen Port coal imports surge" Steel Guru, August 30, 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jiang, Jason (2018-07-26). "Xiamen Port sets up coal trading unit - Splash247". Splash247. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ "Chinese ports expect Australia coal drought to continue". 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ↑ "The Impact on Australian Coal Industry Continues! Australian Officials: Xiamen Port and Bayuquan Port Refused to Purchase Coal". E-Ports. 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
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