Port of Tianjin

The Port of Tianjin ( Tianjin Gang, Chinese天津 港, Pinyin Tianjin gǎng ), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in North China and the main port of the space Beijing. It is located on the western shore of the Bohai Bay in the estuary of the Haihe River, 170 km southeast of Beijing and 60 km east of the city of Tianjin.

Bohai Bay ( Bohai Wan ), Laizhou Bay ( Laizhou Wan ) and Liaoding Bay ( Liaoding Wan ) in the Bohai Sea ( Bo Hai )

It is the largest port built by people in mainland China, the term " Tianjin Xingang " (Chinese天津 新港, Tianjin xīngǎng Pinyin, English Tianjin New Port ) named Strictly speaking, only the main area of the seaport; it is sometimes used for the whole harbor.

Location

The Bohai Bay is one of the three bays, which together form the Bohai Sea. The Bohai Sea is quite shallow (average depth 18 m ) of water area, the relatively little exchange with the Yellow Sea (it may take 40 to 200 years, until the water is exchanged) ). A huge sediment input of the Yellow River and the Haihe makes the water very cloudy.