With the launch of the Tianjin Free Trade Zone approaching, Tianjin Port has made every effort to support the area's future operation.
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Titles such as "Asia's Largest International Cruise Home Port", "Asia's Largest Container Terminal", "The Most Technological Ore Terminal" and "World's Largest Coke Terminal" have proven the world class standard of Tianjin Port. With the implementation of the 300,000-ton level deep water channel, the capability of Tianjin Port has been further improved.
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Around 60 years ago, Tianjin Port was a small port with an annual cargo handling capacity of only 740,000 tons. But now, it has become the world's fourth and North China's largest port with an annual cargo handling capacity of more than 540 million tons. A total of 14 million standard containers have been handled at Tianjin Port last year.
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The control centre witnesses Tianjin Port's busy days. In the monitoring system, each triangle stands for a vessel entering or exiting the port. Triangles occupy the entire screen.