{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Quanzhou","identifier":"CN QZL","unlocode":"CN QZL","city":null,"country":"China","waterBody":"Taiwan Strait; North Pacific Ocean","harborSize":"Small","harborType":"Coastal (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":4.9,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":24.883333,"longitude":118.6},"description":"COSCO Shipping has run the container terminals in Quanzhou's Shihu area since 2006, making this Fujian port on the Taiwan Strait a solid regional gateway rather than a deep-sea mega-port. Known in Marco Polo's day as Zaiton, the historic starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou today handles around 839,000 TEU a year against a capacity of roughly 1.23 million TEU. Recent berth expansion at Shihu allows vessels of up to about 100,000 tonnes and aims to lift throughput toward 3 million T","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/quanzhou-port-cn-qzl","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/quanzhou-port-cn-qzl","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Quanzhou · (UN/LOCODE: CN QZL) · China · Small · 4.9 m"}