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© Stéphane Compoint
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Virtual picture of Yangshan archipelago deep water harbour in 2020: 52 containers working station, 32 km square of fully serviced area, 22 km of wharfs. Here, draft is at least 15,5 m deep, enough for present and intended biggest vessels traffic. First phase of the work -center left-, opening december 2005, makes annually 2,2 million containers. With the second phase, finished end 2006, it will be 4 million : enough for Shanghai municipality to solve its current logistic gap and become the world first harbour. Once the four phases ended, Yangshan harbour will be able to handle annually 20 to 25 million containers.
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