Marine Port China 2006: The 10th International Exhibition on Ports, Shipping and Logistics to Open at the End of September

Marine Port China 2006: The 10th International Exhibition on Ports, Shipping and Logistics to Open at the End of September

September 18, 2006

In 2010, the Total Weight of Cargo Passing Through Shanghai Port Will Exceed 470 Million Tons, Making it the World's Largest Port

    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced today
that Marine Port China 2006 will be held at the Shanghai
International Exhibition Center from September 27 to 29. 
Organized jointly by the China Ports and Harbors
Association (CPHA), the China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade, the Shanghai Sub-council (CCPIT
Shanghai), the China Chamber of International Commerce, and
the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce, and sees strong support
from the Ministry of Communications, China and Shanghai
Municipality.  Large domestic and international ports will
gather again in Shanghai to showcase the latest
achievements in construction and exchange information and
technologies.   

     Marine Port China 2006 serves as a good stage for
world famous manufacturers of port machinery and supporting
facilities to exhibit their new products, new technologies
and also have the opportunity to communicate directly with
potential buyers.  Marine Port China 2006 will attract over
100 exhibitors from 8 countries and regions.  Major ports
along China's eastern sea and over half of the river ports
will attend alongside a ten thousand strong professional
audience from China and Southeast Asia.

    Fuelled by the rapid growth of China's economy, there
has been a new development on port construction along the
coast and rivers in China, highlighted by regional
cooperation, the collaboration between the port and the
bonded area and the port economy.  Currently, China's Ports
have set the following short-term development targets:
emphasizing on the construction of specialized container
terminals; accelerating the construction of large
specialized deepwater terminals and deepwater routes;
making efforts to enhance the modernized technology
application during the Port production and management;
expediting the process of the port informatization; as well
as boosting the transformation of traditional ports to
modernized logistic centers.  In five years, China plans to
construct three huge ports at the three growth
"poles" of the economy of coastal areas -- the
Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Bohai Bay area
-- while giving priorities to the development of large,
intensive and specialized terminals so as to provide solid
material foundations for the growth of the national economy
and the opening policy implementation as well as for the
fast development of the regional economy.  Also, in the
"Eleventh Five-year Plan," Shanghai Port will
accelerate the construction of the container terminals in
the Yangshan Deepwater Port area creating a deepwater port
to focus on ocean trunk transportation.  Consequently,
Shanghai Port will put its construction emphasis on the
Yangshan Deepwater Port Phase II Project.  Other
constructions to be undertaken by the port include the
Luojing Port Phase II Project and the Waigaoqiao Terminals
Phase VI Project.  In addition, it will launch many new
berth construction projects, such as a group of
intermediate transit berths for ships loaded with coals,
ores, or chemical fertilizers, as well as rolling berths
for ships loaded with motor cars, general berths for ships
loaded with grocery and berths for ships loaded with bulk
concrete.  Moreover, it will upgrade home ports for the
international passenger liners.  

    By the end of last year, the cargo handling capacity of
Shanghai Port had risen to 380 million tons.  It is
anticipated that the overall cargo handling capacity there
will be more than 470 million tons by the year 2010.  In
experts' opinions, with the continuous and rapid
development of the national economy in China, China's
ports, particularly those located along the coast, will
predictably maintain a faster growth momentum in the long
run.

    During the exhibition, the 2006 Asia-Pacific Ports
Hi-tech Summit will be held from September 27 to 28 at the
Shanghai Shangri-la hotel, which together with Marine Port
China 2006, wins support from many international port
agencies such as the International Association of Ports and
Harbours (IAPH), the Korean Association of Ports and
Harbours, Port of Hamburg, Port of Antwerp, the Port
Authority of Singapore (PSA), China Co., Ltd., Singapore
Harbour China Affairs Corporation, and the Port of Seattle,
as both are organized by the China Ports and Harbors
Association (CPHA).

    It is also the time that the annual congress of the
International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations
(FIATA) & the celebration of its 80th anniversary are to
be held in Shanghai.  It is a great moment when the world
and domestic leaders for logistics, shipping and ports meet
in Shanghai and visit the exhibition.  Also, the Ministry of
Communications, China and Shanghai Municipality will
organize high-level seminars that will be attended by the
world's top 20 logistics companies.

    About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
(SIEC) 

    Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is
jointly invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd.
and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Shanghai.  The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with the
approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation and the People's Government of Shanghai
Municipality. 

    The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires
Internationales (UFI).  The SIEC has held 500 international
exhibitions of various themes and sizes.  It also has
successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national
level. 

    "AUTO SHANGHAI," "SHANGHAITEX,"
"CHINA CYCLE," "FASHION SHANGHAI,"
"ELE/PT COMM CHINA" are among the first eight
exhibitions approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL & EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.

    For more information, please contact:

     Yu Bin, Project Director
     Add:   8/F, OOCL Plaza, 841 Yan An Zhong Road,
            Shanghai 200040, China
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Fax:   [phone]   
     Email: [e-mail]
     Web:   http://www.siec-ccpit.com  

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