Port of Tianjin

The Port of Tianjin or Tianjin Port is located to the west of Bohai Bay and in the estuary of the Haihe River. It is 170 km south east of Beijing and east of Tianjin city. It is the start of the Asia Euro Rail Bridge. It is the largest man made seaport and river port in mainland China.http://www.ptacn.com/english/abcd.htm]

The port trades with more than 300 ports in 160 countries and regions around the world. It has over 10 regular shipping lines. Tianjin Port includes a Free Trade Zone which is 5 km² within the port area. The Free Trade Zone helps develop Tianjin as an important transport hub as well as an industrial centre.

Tianjin Port was listed as Tianjin Port Holdings Company Limited A shares (SSE2|600717) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1996. [ [http://www.cmhico.com/webappen/article.asp?id=2361 Tianjin Port Holdings Company Limited] ] It was also listed as Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited red chip stock (hkex2|3382) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2005. [ [http://finance.google.com/finance?q=HKG:3382 Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd.] ]

References

*Tianjin Port Holdings
*Tianjin Port Development

External links

* [http://www.tianjin-port.com/ Tianjin Port Holdings Company Limited]
* [http://www.tianjinportdev.com/ Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited]