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| Port of Meizhou Bay 湄州湾港 | |
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 Interactive map of Port of Meizhou Bay 湄州湾港 | |
| Location | |
| Country |  People's Republic of China |
| Location | Quanzhou,Fujian;Meizhou Island, Fujian; andPutian, Fujian |
| UN/LOCODE | CNQZJ, CNSNH, CNWIT, CNXMG, CNQALN |
| Details | |
| No. ofberths | 147 |
The Port of Meizhou Baywas created in 2012 by merging the ports ofQuanzhou,Meizhou Island andPutian, as part of Fujian Province's rationalization of ports, which cutting down[ungrammatical] the number of ports in the province into three large consolidated ports (Xiamen, Meizhou Bay andFuzhou). In 2012, Meizhou Bay port had 147 berths, 24 with 10,000DWT capacity, and had a total cargo throughput of 114 million tonnes.[1]
Port of Quanzhou (Chinese:泉州港) is a seaport with a number of facilities inQuanzhouprefecture-level city, in the southeastern part ofFujian province (Minnan), China.[2] ItsUN/LOCODE isCNQZJ.
Port of Quanzhou was the busiest port during the era of theTang dynasty.[3] The port peaked in activity during theYuan Dynasty.[3] The medieval western travellers to China;Marco Polo,Ibn Battuta,Giovanni de' Marignolli, andOdoric all have transited through Quanzhou.[3] Polo labelled it as one of world's the largest port and Battuta equated the port to the Port ofAlexandria during the time.[3]
The port has facilities in four bays ofTaiwan Strait. They are Meizhou Bay, Quanzhou Bay, Shenhu Bay and Weitou Bay.[4] It is managed by the Quanzhou Port Authority.[5]
