title: Port of Longkou
text: # Port of Longkou
  
  The Port of Longkou is an artificial deep-water international seaport on the coast of Longkou, Yantai Prefecture, Shandong, People's Republic of China. It is located on the northern shore of Shandong Peninsula, opening to the Laizhou Bay of the Bohai Sea.
  
  The port has been growing rapidly in the last decade, and it reached 70.6 million tons of total cargo throughput in 2013.
  
  ## History
  
  The Port of Longkou was founded in 1914 by the Beiyang Government. The first concrete pier was built in 1918–19, a minor landmark in the history of Chinese harbor engineering.
  
  ## Layout
  
  The jurisdictional area of the port is 170 $km^2.$
  
  As of 2012, the Port of Longkou had 15,000 m of quayside and 29 production berths, of which 7 were capable of handling 100,000 DWT, 5 could handle 50,000 DWT, and 7 could handle 10,000 DWT. The main fairway has a depth of 15.5 m, width of 200 m, and it's capable of handling ships of up to 100,000 DWT.
  
  ## Administration
  
  While located in Yantai Prefecture, the Port of Longkou is administered independently from the Port of Yantai.
  
  