Port · People's Republic of China
How much did Yangshan Port cost to build?
Yangshan Port is Shanghai's deep-water container port on the Yangshan islands in Hangzhou Bay, operated by Shanghai International Port Group and linked to the mainland by the Donghai Bridge. Work began on 26 June 2002 and the first phase opened on 10 December 2005, followed by phases II and III by 2008 and an automated fourth phase in December 2017. The first three phases were designed for 9.3 million containers a year and the fourth for 6.3 million.
Reported project cost
CNY 44 billion
Approximately $6.51 billion
Cost basis: 2017
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- Container capacityShanghai Commission of Commerce; Shanghai Society of Civil Engineering
- 15,600,000 TEU_PER_YEAR
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