{{Infobox port | name = Port of Guangzhou <br/> 广州港 | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | country ={{PRC}} | location =[[Guangzhou]], [[Guangdong]] | coordinates = | opened = | operated = | owner = Guangzhou Port Group Co. Ltd | type = | sizewater = | sizeland = | size = | berths = | wharfs = | piers = | employees = | leadershiptitle = | leader = | blankdetailstitle1 = | blankdetails1 = | blankdetailstitle2 = | blankdetails2 = | blankdetailstitle3 = | blankdetails3 = | arrivals = | cargotonnage = | containervolume = | cargovalue = | passengertraffic = | revenue = | profit = | blankstatstitle1 = | blankstats1 = | blankstatstitle2 = | blankstats2 = | blankstatstitle3 = | blankstats3 = | website = }} {{Infobox Chinese|s=广州港|t=廣州港|p=Guǎngzhōu Gǎng|w=Kuang-chou Góng|order=st |showflag=pjy |j=Gwong<sup>2</sup> zau<sup>1</sup> Gong<sup>2</sup> |ci={{IPA|yue|kʷɔ̌ːŋtsɐ̂ukɔ̌ːŋ}} |y=Gwóngjāu Góng }} '''Port of Guangzhou''' is the main seaport of [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou city]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shippingonline.cn/port/result.asp?id=efi |title=Port of GUANGZHOU |publisher=ShippingOnline.cn |access-date=2012-11-05}}</ref> [[Guangdong]] province, China. The port is operated by Guangzhou Port Group Co. Ltd which is a state owned company. The company was established on February 26, 2004, from the former Guangzhou Harbor Bureau. It was approved by the [[Guangzhou|Guangzhou Municipal Government]]. It is currently the largest comprehensive port in South China. Its international [[maritime history|maritime trade]] reaches over 300 ports in more than 80 countries and districts worldwide.<ref name="gz.gov.cn">[http://www.gz.gov.cn/vfs/subsite/QFZZQNCH-UEYR-RYE4-CQEP-PO0PXEO7LORY/content/content.jsp?contentId=262766&catId=3419 Guangzhou International-the Official Website of Guangzhou Municipality<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928095049/http://www.gz.gov.cn/vfs/subsite/QFZZQNCH-UEYR-RYE4-CQEP-PO0PXEO7LORY/content/content.jsp?contentId=262766&catId=3419 |date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> The port also incorporates the former '''Huangpu Port'''.<ref>[http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_35/node_162/node_219/node_512/2006/04/03/11440282921599.shtml Guangzhou Huangpu Port Dock] ''www.lifeofguangzhou.com''</ref><ref>[http://www.asiatradehub.com/china/guangzhou.asp Guangzhou Port] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608193649/http://asiatradehub.com/China/Guangzhou.asp |date=2012-06-08 }} ''www.asiatradehub.com''</ref>

The port also serves as the important economic and transport center for the [[Pearl River Delta]] region and Guangdong province. It is also vital transport hub for industries located in neighboring provinces such as Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi.<ref name="gz.gov.cn"/>

==History== Guangzhou was an important port during the ancient times as far back as the [[Qin dynasty]]. It served as a trading port as the "Silk Road on the Sea".<ref name="gzport">{{cite web|url=http://www.gzport.gov.cn/portal/site/site/portal/english/showContent.portal?categoryId=8GVGEVTQOI8XD17SHGWMQ0QEX2ZZSO05 |title=Port of Guangzhou |publisher=Gzport.gov.cn |access-date=2012-11-05}}</ref> The port became one of China's busiest ports during the [[Ming dynasty]] and [[Qing dynasty]].

==Geography== Guangzhou Port is situated at the intersection of the three most important rivers of [[Dongjiang]], [[Xijiang]] and [[Beijiang]] in South China.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200003/01/eng20000301V143.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722062624/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200003/01/eng20000301V143.html|title=Guangzhou Port Ranks the Third in China|url-status=dead|date=March 1, 2000|archive-date=2012-07-22|work=[[People's Daily Online]]}}</ref> All the three rivers have the waterway, railway, expressway and air lines intersecting here, thus forming a critical transportation hub. It is the main port of focus in the [[Pearl River Delta]] Region.<ref name="gz.gov.cn"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiatradehub.com/china/guangzhou.asp |title=China Ports Infrastructure (Guangzhou Port Group) Approved by Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, Guangzhou Port Group Co., Ltd. is established on Feb.26, 2004 |publisher=Asiatradehub.com |date=2004-02-26 |access-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608193649/http://asiatradehub.com/China/Guangzhou.asp |archive-date=2012-06-08 }}</ref>

The port's harbor area extends along the Pearl River coast and water areas in the cities of [[Guangzhou]], [[Dongguan]], [[Zhongshan]], [[Shenzhen]] and [[Zhuhai]]. The port being situated beyond the entrance of Pearl River opening serve as a gateway for shipping activity for other Harbor area such as Nansha Harbor Area, Xinsha Harbor Area, Huangpu Harbor Area and Inner Harbor Area, and Nansha Harbor Area near Hong Kong. <ref name="gz.gov.cn"/>

==Port infrastructure== Guangzhou Port comprises 4600 berths, 133 buoys and 2359 anchorages each of 1,000 tonnage class and the largest capacity is 3,000 tons.<ref name="gz.gov.cn"/> The government has approved of the dredging of the port to allow 100 000 tonnes vessels to enter [[Nansha, Guangzhou|Nansha]] at high tide in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bairdmaritime.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1256:guangzhou-port-completes-dredging-project-&catid=68&Itemid=59&el_mcal_month=3&el_mcal_year=2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707205607/http://www.bairdmaritime.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1256:guangzhou-port-completes-dredging-project-&catid=68&Itemid=59&el_mcal_month=3&el_mcal_year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-07 |title=Guangzhou Port completes dredging project |publisher=Bairdmaritime.com |date=2009-04-21 |access-date=2012-11-05 }}</ref> The port is currently dredging to allow 100 000 tonnes vessels to enter [[Port of Nansha|Nansha terminal]] in low tide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.2gz.org/nansha-port-in-guangzhou-port |title=Nansha Port in Guangzhou Port &#124; Business &#124; Love Guangzhou |access-date=2010-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717143127/http://www.2gz.org/nansha-port-in-guangzhou-port |archive-date=2010-07-17 }}</ref>

==Port activities== The Port of Guangzhou plays a very important role in the economy. The port handles a range of activities which include loading and discharging, storage, bonded warehousing, container cargo services. Many agricultural, industrial and manufactured products are shipped through the port which include oil, coal, grain, chemical fertilizer, steel, ore and automobiles.<ref name="广州港集团">{{cite news|url=http://www.gzport.com/html/gkgk.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021008033613/http://www.gzport.com/html/gkgk.asp|title=港口概况|url-status=dead|access-date=2020-12-23|archive-date=2002-10-08|work=www.gzport.com}}</ref>

The port also provides passenger services as well as logistics services. It also played a major role in contributing to the success of the missionary hospital, [[the Canton Hospital]].

==Shipping== As the biggest comprehensive hub port in South China, Port of Guangzhou is experiencing an increase in cargo volume and ships calling in. This is due to the buoyant economic activity in Guangzhou and the surrounding hinterland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.apecpsn.org/Ports/_history/09_06/05/7147.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904045713/http://www.apecpsn.org/Ports/_history/09_06/05/7147.html|title=Guangzhou Port Launches Container Rail Service to Changsha|url-status=dead|date=2009-06-05|archive-date=2011-09-04|work=www.apecpsn.org}}</ref>

In 1999, Port of Guangzhou surpassed its annual cargo throughput of 100 million tons. It is the second port in [[mainland China]] to ranked with such record volume. As a result, the annual cargo volume continues to grow. In 2006, the whole Guangzhou Port surpassed 300 million tons (ranking the third in China's coastal ports and the fifth among the world top ten ports) and 665 million TEUs, and Guangzhou Port reached 201 million tons and 4.774 million TEUs.<ref name="广州港集团"/>

The port is part of the Maritime [[Silk Road]] that runs from the Chinese coast to the southern tip of [[India]], to [[Mombasa]], from there through the Red Sea via the [[Suez Canal]] to the Mediterranean, to the Upper Adriatic region of the northern Italian hub [[Trieste]] with its rail connections to [[Central Europe]] and the [[North Sea]].<ref>Jeong Moon-soo "The Maritime Silk Road and Seaport Cities" In: Journal of Asian History, Vol. 51, No. 1 (2017), pp. 177-182.</ref><ref>Wolf D. Hartmann, Wolfgang Maennig, Run Wang: Chinas neue Seidenstraße. (2017) pp 59.</ref><ref>Chi Gong, Xianghui Yang, Yujia Liu, Hui Xiong "China's Port-Hinterland Coordinated Economic Development under ‘Maritime Silk Road’ Initiative" In: Journal of Coastal Research (2020) 112 (SI): 465–471.</ref>

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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.gzport.com Guangzhou Port Group (广州港集团有限公司)}} {{in lang|zh}}

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