Port of Tangshan

The Port of Tangshan (唐山港) is an artificial deep-water international seaport on the coast of Tangshan Municipality, Hebei, in Northern China.^[1] It is the 9th largest port in China and is composed of three separate port areas: Jingtang, Caofeidian and Fengnan (丰南), administered separately but considered to be the same port for statistical purposes.^[2] The Port of Tangshan is one of the fastest-growing ports in the world and is counted among the ten largest ports of China.^[3]

Port of Tangshan
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Location
Country	People's Republic of China
Location	Tangshan, Hebei Province, China
Coordinates	39°12′34″N 119°00′09″E
Details
Opened	1989
Operated by	Tangshan Port Group Corporation, Ltd. Hebei Port Group
Owned by	People's Republic of China
Type of harbour	Artificial Deep-water Seaport
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	metric tons/year
Website Port of Tangshan website

History

Layout

The port of Tangshan consists of three separate port areas: Jingtang (京唐港), Caofeidian and Fengnan (丰南).^[4] These are administered separately and have different UNLocodes, but are often considered to be the same port for statistical purposes.^[5] The closest airport to the port is Tianjin which is 2 hours away.^[6] A new high speed train under construction will shorten the distance from Beijing to Tangshan to ^[7] less than 2 hours.

Operations