| Port of Xiamen 厦门港 | |
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 Some of Xiamen port facilities, seen against the background ofHaicang Bridge | |
 Interactive map of Port of Xiamen 厦门港 | |
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| Country |  People's Republic of China |
| Location | Xiamen,Fujian |
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| Owned by | Xiamen Port Authority |
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| Simplified Chinese | 厦门港 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廈門港 | ||||||||||||
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ThePort of Xiamen orPort of Amoy orAmoy Port is an important deep water port located onXiamen Island, the adjacent mainland coast, and along the estuary of theJiulong River in southernFujian,China. It is one of the trunk line ports in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2024, it is ranked the 8th-largest container port in China and ranks 13th in the world. It is the 4th port in China with the capacity to handle 6th-generation large container vessels. In 2013, Xiamen handled 191 million tons of cargo, including 8.08 millionTEUs of containers.[1] On 31 August 2010, Xiamen Port incorporated the neighboring port ofZhangzhou to form the largest port of China's Southeast. This was a relatively uncommon case of ports merging across jurisdictions.[2]
The port comprises twelve areas including Heping, Dongdu, Haitian, Shihushan, Gaoqi, and Liuwudian[better source needed] (inTong'an District).[3]
The world's top 20 shipping companies have all established major shipping routes and operations in Xiamen. A total of 68 shipping routes serve over 50 countries to almost all the major ports in the world, yielding an average 469 ship calls at the port each month. In addition, passenger services also operate from Xiamen toHong Kong,Guangzhou,Shanghai andWenzhou,[4] as well as frequent ferry service to the Shuitou terminal inKinmen Island (R.O.C.).
The port is owned and operated by Xiamen Port Authority (厦门港口管理局) which is a department of the Xiamen Municipal Government.[5]
The port is part of the21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast toSingapore, towards the southern tip ofIndia toMombasa, from there through the Red Sea via theSuez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub ofTrieste with its connections toCentral Europe and theNorth Sea.[6][7] The port is also home to acoast guard base.
Xiamen is a well-developed first-class port. Dongdu harbor is located on Haicang district which is on the mainland.[3] The coast line in the harbor area stretches for 30 kilometres (19 mi), and the depth of water reaches up to 17 metres (56 ft).
The port offers 74 berths. One can handle vessels of 100,000 or moretonnes, 23 berths are for 10,000 or more tonnes, and two handle vessels between berths for 5,000 and 10,000 tonnes. There are nine container terminals.[1]
Ships approaching and departing from Xiamen Port uses the channel between ROC-controlledDadan Island and PRC-controlled Qingyu Island to access theTaiwan Strait. Starting December 2015, Taiwan'sMinistry of Transportation and Communications opened the channel betweenDadan Island andMenghu Islet (both are ROC-controlled) as a shortcut for ships using the Liuwudian, Xiang'an area of the Xiamen Port.[8][9][10]
Xiamen is the firstmainland port to start the direct shipment of cargo toKaohsiung inTaiwan. The initial cargo handling capacity totalled 1.34 million TEUs of containers.[1]
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