THE eastern Port of Lianyungang plans to invest CNY7.67 billion (US$1.25 billion) on port infrastructure this year, and expects to increase container throughput to 5.6 million TEU and raise overall cargo volume to 200 million tonnes, Xinhua reports.
This is the 80th year for port of Lianyungang. There will be new port areas becoming operational this year, which are the Xuwei and the Yanwei port area.
Port of Lianyungang currently has 55 berths. 50 of them are 10,000-tonnes and above. The port is now operating nearly 60 ocean and near-sea shipping lines to over 160 countries and regions in the world, offering more than 300 sailings per month.
To exploit the port's location at the start of the Eurasian Land Bridge, Lianyungang has started three cross-border container railway transport services to Alashankou, Khorgas, Kashgar, Almaty and Russia, and a number of domestic container railway services to Zhengzhou, Xian, Chengdu, Mianyang, Xining and Bengbu.
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