On June 1, the Port Administration Office of the People’s Government of Guangdong Province took the lead in organizing the acceptance check for the official opening-up of the Phase II Wharf of Shantou Guang'ao Port Area. The members of the Acceptance Check Group had a serious discussion on the relevant issues involved in the opening-up, and finally agreed that the Phase II Wharf of Shantou Guang'ao Port Area Passes the acceptance check.

The official opening-up of the Phase II Wharf of Guang'ao Port Area will significantly enhance the capacity of the Port Area for handling the containers, meet the needs of the ships operating for large container trunk liners and their berthing, attract more international direct shipping lines to dock, relieve the operation pressure of the existing foreign trade terminal of the Port Area, and further consolidate the position of Guang'ao Port Area as the core port area and the public logistics hub port of eastern Guangdong, which will be conducive to better meeting the needs for container transport for import and export in Shantou and its surrounding areas, and boosting Shantou to build a modern coastal economic belt, a provincial sub-central city, and a special economic zone with the vitality of socialist modernization with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Source:Shantou Daily, June 3, 2021

汕头广澳港区二期码头通过对外开放验收

　　6月1日，广东省口岸办牵头组织对汕头港口岸广澳港区二期码头正式对外开放进行验收。验收组成员就对外开放涉及的相关问题进行了认真研讨，最终一致同意汕头港口岸广澳港区二期码头通过验收。

  广澳港区二期码头的正式对外开放,将大幅提升港区集装箱处理能力，满足集装箱大型干线班轮运营船型和靠泊的需求，吸引更多国际直航航线挂靠，缓解港区现有外贸码头的作业压力，进一步巩固广澳港区作为粤东港口群的核心港区和粤东公共物流枢纽港的地位，有利于更好地满足汕头及周边地区集装箱进出口运输需求，助推汕头打造现代化沿海经济带、省域副中心城市和新时代中国特色社会主义现代化活力经济特区。

来源：汕头日报 2021-6-3