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Chongqing’s Kaizhou Port plans major expansion to handle more cargo
Kaizhou Port in Chongqing serves cargo moving between Sichuan, Chongqing and southern Shaanxi, despite being far from the sea.
Ships bring in goods such as African lithium ore and Australian iron ore, which are then moved by road to factories in nearby areas.
The port handled 2.74 million tonnes in 2025, nearly twice its original designed annual capacity of 1.42 million tonnes.
The region is developing the port as a link between river transport and road, rail and air routes, helping move bulk goods and connect inland businesses to wider markets.
An expansion will add four berths for ships of up to 3,000 tonnes, with designed annual capacity of 5.4 million tonnes; officials say the completed port could handle 10 million tonnes a year.
By 2030, the port aims to handle more than 7 million tonnes annually, while planned transport links and a new logistics centre are intended to strengthen its role as a regional cargo hub.
Kaizhou Port in Chongqing plans to expand its Bai Jiaxi operating area with four new berths for ships of up to 3,000 tonnes.
The project is designed to raise the port’s annual cargo capacity to 5.4 million tonnes, and annual cargo throughput is expected to reach 10 million tonnes once it is completed.
The port handled 2.74 million tonnes in 2025, nearly twice its original design capacity of 1.42 million tonnes.
The expansion is part of a plan to make the port a logistics hub serving parts of Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi.
The broader plan includes improving rail, road, water and air links and developing warehouses and other logistics facilities.
- Who
- Kaizhou District in Chongqing is advancing the port expansion.
- What
- The Bai Jiaxi operating area is to gain four berths for 3,000-tonne vessels. The project is designed for annual capacity of 5.4 million tonnes.
- When
- The project is under construction. The sources do not state a completion date.
- Where
- Kaizhou Port, Bai Jiaxi, Qukou Town, Kaizhou District, Chongqing.
- Why
- The port’s 2025 throughput of 2.74 million tonnes was nearly twice its original design capacity, and existing facilities could not meet growing regional logistics demand.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The Bai Jiaxi operating area opened with a designed annual capacity of 1.42 million tonnes.
Kaizhou Port handled 2.74 million tonnes of cargo.
Construction was under way on the port’s second-phase project and the Bai Jiaxi capacity upgrade.
- Existing annual design capacity
- 1.42 million tonnes
- 2025 cargo throughput
- 2.74 million tonnes
- Planned new berths
- 4 berths for 3,000-tonne vessels
- Upgrade design capacity
- 5.4 million tonnes per year
- Expected annual throughput after project
- 10 million tonnes
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What people are saying
By 2030, Kaizhou Port’s modern collection and distribution system will be basically mature
We did not regard it simply as ‘Kaizhou’s port’ from the start, but positioned it as an ‘outlet to the sea’ serving the Sichuan-Chongqing-Shaanxi junction area