Is Nanjing Port an estuary port?

Nanjing Port is not an estuary port, but an inland waterway.

Nanjing Port is a port in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. It is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, more than 400 kilometers away from Wusongkou, with a coastline of 1 10 kilometers on the north bank and 98 kilometers on the south bank. The widest point of Nanjing Port is 2.5km, the narrowest point is 1.5km, and the water depth of the main channel is 5-30m. The water depth of the lower main channel of Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge exceeds10m.

Nanjing Port is a major coastal port, a major hub port and a first-class port open to the outside world in China. It is a hub port for land and water transportation and river-sea transit in the Yangtze River basin, and it is an international, multifunctional and comprehensive river-sea transit hub port. 1858, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Tianjin with the British and French allied forces, and designated Nanjing as a trading port.

1882, China merchants set up the first ship terminal in Xiaguan, Nanjing. From 65438 to 0897, the Qing government approved Nanjing to open ports for trade. 1986, Nanjing Port was approved as a first-class port. In March, 2004, the Longtan Container Port Area of Nanjing Port was put into trial operation. 2065438+On May 8, 2008, the second phase of the Yangtze River's Nanjing-below 12.5m deepwater channel was put into trial operation, which was open to Chinese and foreign ships.

By the end of 2005, there were more than 50 wharves in Nanjing Port, including 3 10,000-ton deep-water berths/kloc-0 and 6 10,000-ton anchorage berths. By 2005, Nanjing Port had dozens of international air routes to the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, Japan and Hong Kong. 2065438+In the first half of 2008, Nanjing Port completed cargo throughput of 57.6 million tons, natural loading and unloading of 43.09 million tons, and container throughput of 1.57 million TEUs.

In 229, during the Dongwu period of the Three Kingdoms, Nanjing Port has become a seaport with "Wan Li as the river, five continents as the gateway, and a place where tributes and business trips come and go". In Yuan Dynasty, Nanjing Port was one of the ports for transporting grain from south to north. In the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing Port was the gateway port of the capital. Zheng He anchored Nanjing Port in his voyages to the West and began his seven voyages to the West, which was the base port of Zheng He's voyages to the West. In modern times, it was a key port for imperialism to compete for control.