Chongqing Chemical Terminal was opened to the public in Changshou district on 26 March. One of the key supporting facilities of the municipality’s chemical industrial parks, the port will serve many enterprises in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

Covering an area of 150,000 sq metres, the first phase project includes a bulk cargo berth, a comprehensive berth and a liquid chemical berth. Annual throughput capacity is 1.98m tons, of which the liquid chemical berth will account for about 1m tons. By 2012, annual total throughput will increase to its maximum of 5m tons.