Rizhao Port [Photo provided to en.sd-port.com]

Established in May 2003, Rizhao Port Group has more than 9,000 employees and 55 subsidiaries and branches, involved in harbor handling, trade logistics and the construction industry.

Rizhao port enjoys location advantages as it is situated in the central area of China's coastline, on the southern wing of the Shandong Peninsula, near part of the Pacific ring economic circle and the New Eurasian Continental Bridge economic belt.

It is an important hub of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and an oriental bridgehead in construction of the economic corridor of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge under the BRI.

In addition, it is an important marine outfall of China's central and western regions, and central and western Asian countries, and the China-Russia-Mongolia economic corridor.

It focuses on the loading and uploading, storage, transport and trans-shipment of imports and exports including ore, crude oil, coal, containers, coke, grain and timber. With a total assets of over 59 billion yuan ($8.47 billion), the port's import volume in iron ore, soybean and timber and throughput capacity in coke ranks first among ports in China's coastal areas.

Construction of the port started in 1982 and the port was put into operation in 1986. Now it owns two port areas in Shijiu and Lanshan, with 76 productive berths and annual throughput capacity of over 400 million tons.

In 2023, Rizhao Port's cargo throughput reached 522 million tons, ranking sixth among coastal ports in China and eighth globally. Its container throughput hit 6.26 million TEUs, ranking eighth among coastal ports in China. Notably, Rizhao Port led the nation in the annual throughput of seven cargo categories, with nine categories exceeding ten million tons.

It can be connected with central and western Asian countries and Rotterdam in the Netherlands through Alashan mountain pass and Khorgos in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region by the Xinxiang-Rizhao Railway and the Lanzhou-Lianyungang Railway. The port can also link by the Watang-Rizhao Railway with Mongolia through Ganqimaodu, a border town in China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. There are three expressways and four national highways linked with the port. The total transport capacity of five oil pipelines – Rizhao to Yizheng, Rizhao to Dongming, Lanshan to Juxian, Rizhao to Jingbo, Rizhao to Luoyang – can surpass 100 million tons annually. It has a comprehensive transport structure covering shipping, railways, highway and pipes.

It has two listed companies, Rizhao Port Co Ltd and Rizhao Port Jurong Co Ltd.

Rizhao Port [Photo provided to en.sd-port.com]