National Geographic Megastructures China Ultimate Port Logies.avi

National Geographic Megastructures China Ultimate Port Logies.avi

The Yangshan deep-water port (洋山深水港) is a new port in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai. Built to circumvent growth limitations for the Port of Shanghai as a result of shallow waters, it allows berths with depths of up to 15 metres to be built, and is capable of handling the largest container ships today. The port achieves this by building on the offshore islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan (part of the Zhoushan archipelago), which have been amalgamated by land reclamation and connected to the mainland via the Donghai Bridge, the latter of which was opened on 1 December 2005 as the second-longest ocean bridge in the world at 32.5 km in length.
Berths

In 2000/2001, the decision was made to commence construction on the first of four phases. The first two phases are currently operational, with nine berths in total along a 3 km quayside. The first phase, which commenced operations in 2004, can accommodate 2.2 million containers annually and includes 10 quay cranes. The second phase was opened in December 2006, and comprises 72 hectares with 15 quay cranes.
The third phase, to be opened in stages, will be completed by 2010 with seven berths, with phase 3A scheduled to be opened by the end of 2007. When fully completed in 2020, the port will have four phases in operation with 30 berths capable of handling 15 million TEUs annually.
Cost

The total cost of Yangshan port may reach US$ 12 billion over 20 years.

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[crumcon]

before we know, China will have build bridge between U.S. and shanghai. They are the largest holder of U.s. debt anyway. they own U.s. lol

[kevinren10]

Made in china

[mrbluenun]

Nice to see the workers had beds rather than sleeping on the concrete. Made me smile to see the 'smalls' drying next to the beds!

Thanks again for the upload, really brilliant video. There's so much going on it would have been nice to see the three main sections, the cranes and island, the ships they have to unload and the building of the bridge to the mainland in a little more detail. Great and really amazing.

Take care.

mrbluenun

[mrbluenun]

Thanks so much for uploading this video. It is an amazing task for sure!

Take care.

mrbluenun

[xiaotheman]

holy shit when did this happen, I'm chinese and i didn't even know

[501stscottie]

Right now ther are currently 142,000 chinese forign exhange students that reside in America alone... If we fail these students fail too.. and china did not send them over her for nothing... the education standards hear are fare beyond china has.... They need us .............

[501stscottie]

trust me if the USA truly crashes to the point of no return... China will fail too... They need us just as much as we need them... Plain and simple...

[arequipa40]

we did see nothing yet

[MrShmoodletoes]

why?



[TheVolure]

Go China the best Nation rich!!!!!

[matthmatthmatth]

@jaymorpheus11 Dude, you've got mental issues.

[victoriadavidson99]

great and very amazing!!!!!!!!!!!