Jingtang Seaport is the state's first class opening port. Construction of the port made a record in the history of Chinese seaport construction for its surprising speed. The construction work commenced on August 10, 1989. By 2003, No.1 and No.2 port areas had been completed, which own 16 deep-water berths of 15,000-ton-class to 50,000-ton-class with coal, ore, shipping container, liquefied petroleum gas, bulk cement and so on.
The cargo throughput of the port was only 79,000 tons when simple navigation constructed in 1992, and kept a 20% more annual growth since 1998. In 2002, it handled 14.65 million tons of cargo, stepping into the top 20 coastal seaports in China. By 2005, the cargo throughput has broke 30 million tons to 33.22 million tons, a year on year growth of 28%.
The main stockholders: Tangshan Port Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Jingtai Investment Management Centre, Hebei Lifeng Yanshan Investment Management Centre, Guofu Investment C.,Ltd., Hebei Tangshan Construction Investment Co., Ltd., Guotou Transpoft Co., Ltd. of which Tangshan port Investment Co., Ltd. is the biggest one.
The construction and operation of Jingtang Seaport open up wide space for the development of its hinterland. Benefiting from the advantage of seaport, a number of enterprises make full use of both the domestic and the oversea markets. With 70000-ton-class berth in Wangtan Port Area and 250000-ton-class berth in Caofeidian Port Area completed by the end of 2005, Jingtang Seaport will definitely contribute to the economic development of its hinterland.
In 2005, the National Development and Reform Commission approved a 30-million-ton coal berth project in Jingtang Port. The project is aiming to solve the insufficient shipping capacity for coal from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Western Inner Mongolia and improve the overall capacity and efficiency of coal transportation.
As planned, three coal berths will be constructed in Jingtang Port over two year's time, with handling capacity of 100,000-ton, 50,00-ton and 35,000-ton respectively. The total investment is estimated at 2.983 billion yuan. Additional constructions also include coal loading facilities that can unload 9 coal trains at the same time, making it the largest car dumper shed being constructed in China.
Equipments installation began in April 2007, and some of these berths are expected to under trial operation by May.
With the completion of Qian'an-Caofeidian Railway to Jingtang Port in this June, coal berths in Jingtang Port will form 30-50 million tons of handling capacity.
Formal operation is expected to begin by July-end, and Jingtang Port by then will be another main channel for coal transporting from the North to the South.
