Shanghai Yangshan Deep - Water Port


Yangshan Port or Yangshan Deep-Water Port, is a deepwater port for container ships in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai. Built to allow the Port of Shanghai to grow despite shallow waters near the shore, it allows berths with depths of up to 15 metres to be built, and can handle today's largest container ships. The port is built on the islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan, part of the Zhoushan archipelago, with fill from land reclamation. It is connected to the mainland via the km Donghai Bridge, opened on 1 December 2005 as the world's longest sea bridge.


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