Weizhou Island is a Chinese island in Beibu Gulf in the Gulf of Tonkin. The largest island of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,Weizhou is west of Leizhou Peninsula,south of Beihai,and east of Vietnam. Administratively,it is part of Weizhou Town,Haicheng District of Beihai City. The name derives from Chinese 潿wéi and 洲zhōu.
Jurong Port Pte Ltd is a port operator headquartered in Singapore. Jurong Port,which operates the only multi-purpose port in Singapore,handles bulk,break-bulk and containerised cargo. It handled over 40,000 vessel-calls annually in 2019.
Qinzhou is a prefecture-level city in south-central Guangxi,southern China,lying on the Gulf of Tonkin and having a total population of 3,302,238 as of the 2020 census whom 1,400,134 lived in the built-up area made of Qinbei and Qinnan urban Districts.
Chennai Port,formerly known as Madras Port,is the second largest container port of India,behind Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru Port also known as Nhava Sheva. The port is the largest one in the Bay of Bengal. It is the third-oldest port among the 13 major ports of India with official port operations beginning in 1881,although maritime trade started much earlier in 1639 on the undeveloped shore. It is an artificial and all-weather port with wet docks. Once a major travel port,it became a major container port in the post-Independence era. An established port of trade of British India since the 1600s,the port remains a primary reason for the economic growth of Tamil Nadu,especially for the manufacturing boom in South India,and has contributed greatly to the development of the city of Chennai. It is due to the existence of the port that the city of Chennai eventually became known as the Gateway of South India.
Fangchenggang is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,People's Republic of China. The city was formerly called "Fangcheng Pan-Ethnicities Autonomous County".
Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port,officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port,is the only riverine major port in India,in the city of Kolkata,West Bengal,around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India and was constructed by the British East India Company. Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity. The port has two distinct dock systems –Kolkata Dock at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex,Haldia.
The Port of Shenzhen is the collective name of a number of ports the coastline of Shenzhen,Guangdong Province,China. These ports as a whole form one of the busiest and fastest growing container ports in the world.
The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan is the busiest port in the world in terms of cargo tonnage. It handled 888.96 million tons of cargo in 2015. The port is located in Ningbo and Zhoushan,on the coast of the East China Sea,in Zhejiang province on the southeast end of Hangzhou Bay,across which it faces the municipality of Shanghai.
The Port of Xiamen is an important deep water port located on Xiamen Island,the adjacent mainland coast,and along the estuary of the Jiulong River in southern Fujian,China. It is one of the trunk line ports in the Asia-Pacific region. It is ranked the 8th-largest container port in China and ranks 17th in the world. It is the 4th port in China with the capacity to handle 6th-generation large container vessels. In 2013,Xiamen handled 191 million tons of cargo,including 8.08 million TEUs of containers. On 31 August 2010,Xiamen Port incorporated the neighboring port of Zhangzhou to form the largest port of China's Southeast. This was a relatively uncommon case of ports merging across jurisdictions.
The Port of Constanța is located in Constanța,Romania,on the western coast of the Black Sea,179 nautical miles (332 km) from the Bosphorus Strait and 85 nmi (157 km) from the Sulina Branch,through which the Danube river flows into the sea. It covers 3,926 ha,of which 1,313 ha is land and the rest,2,613 ha is water. The two breakwaters located northwards and southwards shelter the port,creating the safest conditions for port activities. The present length of the north breakwater is 8,344 m (5.185 mi) and the south breakwater is 5,560 m (3.45 mi). The Port of Constanța is the largest on the Black Sea and the 17th largest in Europe.
In 1961 China established a state-run maritime shipping company and subsequently signed shipping agreements with many countries,laying the foundation for developing the country's ocean transport. That organization developed into the present-day China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO). The Chinese government also invested heavily in water transport infrastructure,constructing new ports and rebuilding and enlarging older facilities.
The Port of Piraeus is the chief sea port of Athens,located on the Saronic Gulf on the western coasts of the Aegean Sea,the largest port in Greece and one of the largest in Europe.
The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) is a government agency of Thailand,responsible for the regulation and governance of the ports of Thailand,primarily the ports of Laem Chabang and Bangkok Port,the country's two largest. PAT operates Thai ports in conjunction with public companies including Hutchison Ports Thailand and PSA International.
The Great Port of St. Petersburg or Port of St. Petersburg is a major seaport serving the city of St. Petersburg in northwest Russia. The port's water area is 164.6 km2. The mooring line is 31 km long and the water is 25 metres (82 ft) deep at the port's deepest anchorages. Since 2011,the port has been under the authority of a state-owned enterprise,the Port Authority of the Great Port of St. Petersburg. This agency oversees commercial navigation in the seaport of St. Petersburg and beyond in the designated areas of responsibility of the Russian Federation.
The Qin–Lian language is a southern branch of Yue Chinese spoken in the coastal part of Guangxi,including 3 main cities:Beihai,Qinzhou,Fangchenggang,and four subject counties:Hepu,Pubei,Lingshan,Dongxing.
Mundra Port is India's first private port,largest container port and largest commercial port,located on the northern shores of the Gulf of Kutch near Mundra,Kutch district,Gujarat. Formerly operated by Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone Limited (MPSEZ) owned by Adani Group,it was later expanded into Adani Ports &SEZ Limited (APSEZ) managing several ports. In FY 2020–21,Mundra Port handled 144.4 million tonnes of cargo. The port currently handles over 155 MT,which constitutes nearly 11 per cent of India’s maritime cargo. The port also handles nearly 33 per cent of India’s container traffic.
Guangxi,officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China,located in South China and bordering Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin. Formerly a province,Guangxi became an autonomous region in 1958. Its current capital is Nanning.
The Port of Dili is a seaport in Dili,East Timor. Prior to 30 September 2022,it was the main and only international port of entry to East Timor. On that day,its container operations were transferred to the Tibar Bay Port. Since then,the Port of Dili's facilities have been open only to domestic passenger ships and cruise ships carrying international tourists.
