Port of Damaiyu

The Port of Damaiyu (in Chinese: 大麦屿港) is located in Damaiyu Subdistrict, Yuhuan, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China.^[2][3] Situated across the sea from Port of Wenzhou at the mouth of the Oujiang River, it is designated as a Class I port by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.

Damaiyu Port
Native name	大麦屿港
Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Yuhuan, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Coordinates	28°05′08″N 121°08′32″E
UN/LOCODE	CNDMY[1]
Details
Operated by	Zhejiang Damaiyu Port Co., Ltd. Yuhuan Port and Shipping Branch, Taizhou Port and Shipping Administration
Type of harbour	Seaport
No. of piers	3
Cargo Scope	Liquefied goods, petroleum, ore, coal, containers, natural gas, public transport
Average Annual Operating Days	350 days
Major Weather Hazards	Typhoons, monsoons
Statistics
Annual container volume	>100,600 TEU (2017)
Website Zhejiang Damaiyu Port Co., Ltd. Damaiyu Port Management Office, Yuhuan Port and Shipping Branch, Taizhou Port and Shipping Administration

History

On February 23, 2006, the navigational safety of two 10,000-ton berths at Port of Damaiyu passed expert review, marking the start of substantial construction for the port’s development.^[4]

In April 2008, the State Council approved the upgrade of Port of Damaiyu to a Class I port, making it the only national Class I port located at the county level in Zhejiang Province.^[5]

On September 16, 2011, a national inspection team, led by Baishi, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Customs (National Port Office),^{[Note 1]} and including representatives from relevant ministries and the military, conducted an inspection of Port of Damaiyu for its opening to international traffic. Following a thorough evaluation, team member Qin Mingwei, a division chief at the General Administration of Customs, announced that the port’s inspection facilities and regulatory sites met the requirements for opening to foreign traffic, passing the national Class I port verification and officially opening to the public.^[6]

On December 23, 2017, Port of Damaiyu’s container throughput exceeded 100,000 TEU for the year, the first time since the port began container operations a decade earlier.^[7]

Transportation

Railway

• Damaiyu Branch Line (planned)

Highways

• S19 Yongtaiwen Expressway (Second Route) (Yuhuan Section)
• S203 Provincial Highway (Port of Damaiyu Access Road)
• S226 Provincial Highway
• G228 National Highway

Routes

Passenger Transport

• Port of Damaiyu — Nanyue Wharf (Yueqing, Zhejiang) (Yueqing Bay Ro-Ro Ferry Route) Operator: Yuhuan Ro-Ro Ferry Co., Ltd. [Discontinued]
• Port of Damaiyu — Port of Suao [zh] (Yilan County, Taiwan) (First Cross-Strait Direct Route)
• Port of Damaiyu — Port of Keelung (Taiwan) Ferry: “COSCO Star” Operator: Xiamen Mintai Ferry Co., Ltd.
• Port of Damaiyu — Okinawa (Japan)^[8]

Freight

• Port of Damaiyu — Port of Wenzhou^[9]

See also

• China portal

• Taizhou, Zhejiang
• List of ports in China

Notes

1. The National Port Management Office, abbreviated as the National Port Office, traces its origins to a temporary coordination body established under the State Council in 1993. It was dissolved in 1998 during State Council reforms, with its port planning and review duties transferred to the General Administration of Customs (State Council Document [1998] No. 7). Provincial port offices were retained but merged into various departments, typically commerce departments, while still referred to as provincial government port offices. In May 2006, the Central Institutional Organization Commission Office approved renaming the Customs Port Planning Office as the "National Port Management Office," effectively reviving it under the Customs Administration (Central Institutional Document [2006] No. 55).