Zhengpu Port is to be built in October
Construction is expected to start on Ma'anshan's Zhengpu Port in October, local maritime authorities said, Cnanhui reports.
The plan was made following a tentative blueprint for the first phase of the port was approved by the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the province's economic planner.
According to the plan, three berths will be built at the first stage of the project, one with a capacity of 5,000 tonnes of containers and the other two holding 5,000 tonnes of general cargo each.
On a yearly basis, the port is designed to have a capacity of 2.2 million tonnes, of which 6.8 percent go to standard containers and 59 percent are contributed by general cargo.
The Zhengpu Port is the second millions-of-tonne harbor in Anhui, following the one in Wuhu city, the provincial maritime bureau said.