Beihai Naval Base
21°29'N 109°06'E
Beihai is a major commercial port in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a traffic juncture in south Guangxi and an important foreign trade gateway for Guangxi. The port has bagging facilities with an annual bagging capacity of 200,000 tons. Along with the development of Beibu Bay's Wei 6-1-1 oil field within the city boundary, petroleum will become a major cargo.
The port has four truck highways to the inland areas: Beihai-Qinzhou-Nanning, Beihai-Guixian-Liuzhou, Beihai-Yulin-Wuzhou, Beihai-Suixi-Zhanjuang, which are connected to the highway and railroad networks in Guangxi and western Guangdong.
The major export cargoes are rice, manganese ore, cassavas, fire-crackers, fireworks, aquatic product, fruit, aniseed, cassia bark, starch, jute etc. The major import cargoes are fertilizer, timber etc.
| Cargo Handling Facilities | ||||
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| Length (metres) | Depth (metres) | Max Vesssel Size (GRT) | Cargo Handling Equipment | |
| Terminals Container Seafrontage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Bulk Cargo Seafrontage | 170 | 9.5 | 15,000 | Yes |
| Breakbulk Seafrontage | 289 | 4.5~9.5 | 15,000 | Yes |
| Barge/Small Craft Seafrontage | 280 | 2.0~3.8 | 700 | Yes |
| Oil Terminal Jetties (No.) | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Stream Cargo Working Buoys | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Cargo Working Anchorages | -- | -- | -- | -- | Port Services |
| Tugs | 9, max. output 2,320 hp | |||
| Repair Facilities | minor repairs | |||
| Other | -- | Port Capacity | ||
| Cargo Throughput | (million tons) | 0.82 in 1990 | ||
| (TEUs) | -- | Approach Channel | ||
| Length | 0.7 n miles | |||
| Width | 90 metres | |||
| Depth at C.D. (metres) | 6.3 metres | |||
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