| Port of Suzhou 苏州港 | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  People's Republic of China |
| Location | Suzhou, Jiangsu |
| Coordinates | 31°47′58″N120°51′33″E / 31.799391°N 120.859222°E |
| Details | |
| Opened | 2002 |
| Owned by | Suzhou Municipal Government |
| Type of harbour | Inland port |
| No. of berths | 224 [1] |
| Statistics | |
| Annual cargo tonnage | 479 million tons (6th, 2014 [2] ) |
| Annual container volume | 4.45 million TEU (2014 [3] ) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州港 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州港 | ||||||||||
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Port of Suzhou is the collective name of three ports around the city of Suzhou,Jiangsu Province,China. [4] The three ports are located in Zhangjiagang,Changshu and Taicang,respectively,on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. [5] The total cargo throughput of 454 million tons in 2013. [2] As of 2013 [update] ,it is the busiest inland river port in the world by annual cargo tonnage and container volume,as well as the sixth-busiest port by annual cargo tonnage. The majority of the port trade is in coal,ore,steel,and construction materials such as cement. [5] [6]
