Dredged to 21 metres, Tianjin's extended navigation channel completed

THE Port of Tianjin's 300,000-tonne navigational channel dredging project has been finished, Xinhua reports.

The CNY1.4-billion (US$220.3 million) project began in March last year, which covers a distance of 33.3 kilometres. It was an expansion on the existing 250,000-tonne navigational channel, dredged from 19.5 to 21 metres and extended from 44 to 45.5 kilometres.

Tianjin is the largest comprehensive port in northern China. Last year, it recorded a throughput of 11.5 million TEU in terms of container and 450 million tonnes in terms of cargo tonnage, up nine per cent year on year, ranking it fourth in the world.