Chongqing has gradually become a \"quasi coastal city

Chongqing has gradually become a \"quasi coastal\" city of chongqing one is shipping infrastructure is being perfected, shipping center building an overall faster. Zhuhai trunk channel within the territory of the Yangtze river from the original level 3 improve to the present level, through improved, 5000 tonnage single boats and ships from downstream thousand-level directly to chongqing. Successively built represented by inch beach a batch of 5000 tonnage largescale, specialization, mechanization wharf, harbor cargo through capacity by 2002 49 million tons per year by 2009 1.15 million tons, container through capacity by 2002 5.5 million teu per year by 2009 171 million teu. Cargo ships average tonnage by 2002 301 tons increased to 1400 tons (national inland average tonnage 364 tons), average tons among the inland first. Three gorges deluxe last minute discount cruises ships have world inland quality, ordinary passenger ship has gradually been a batch of international quality inland luxury last minute discount cruises substitution, the biggest luxury last minute discount cruises tonnage has reached 1 million tons gross. 2 it is chongqing port has become the upper Yangtze river region\'s most important pivotal ports and inland open highland important window. Three gorges into library since, water transportation, freight turnover, port throughput of container throughput etc waterway index with an average annual growth rate reached 20%, and water transport freight quantity since 2004 comfortably in the mode of transportation. Chongqing has become the upper Yangtze river area foreign trade supplies the main channels, more than 90% of the foreign trade goods by water completed, other provinces and cities around ZhongZhuanLiang accounted for Hong Kong cargo throughput of 35%. 2009, the completion port &waterway freight volume 7771 tons, is the 2002 4.1 times, with an average annual growth CAAC statistics, 968 billion ton-km, freight quantity of 2002 6.7 times, with annual growth of others; Harbor cargo throughput 8612 tons, is the 2002 2.9 times, with an average annual growth 16.4%, 51.8 million teu, container throughput of 2002 5.9 times, with an average annual growth 29%. Water transport of integrated traffic freight quantity proportion by 2002 36% of improving 2009 58.9%. At present, our city is the upper Yangtze river only have primary waterway, 5,000 tonnage deep-water wharf, waterway a port and bonded harbor area. Waterways, ports, shipbuilding and other shipping elements of the high concentration, make chongqing in the western area is gradually becoming &; ldquo Quasi coastal & rdquo; City.