The Port of Dalton is
situated at the south end of Liaodong Peninsula and is
one of the coastal hub ports in China and also the
largest multi-purpose port in Northeast China. The
port of Dalton is composed of Daliangang, dalianwan,
Xianglujiao, Nianyuwan, Ganjinzi, Heizuizi, Si'ergou
and Dayaowan port areas. The port now has 68
productive berths, in which 38 are deep water berths
for vessels of over 10,000 dwt. The annual throughout
was 64.17 million tons in 1995.
During the Eighth Five-Year Plan period , the first 4
berths of the first-phase in Dayaowan port of 30,000
dwt and 2 multi-use berths for vessels of 25,000 dwt.
The designed annual throughout capacity of the new
berths is 2.6 million tons.
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