Splash247: Shanwei accelerates port build for BYD export push

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Shanwei’s first deepwater public port is moving into its final construction phase, underpinning the city’s push to become a logistics hub for Guangdong’s new energy vehicle sector.

The first phase of the Shanwei New Port Terminal, a 3.3bn yuan ($490,000) scheme, covers two 70,000-tonne berths and one 10,000-tonne general-purpose berth. When finished, the layout will function as two 100,000-ton berths with an annual capacity of more than 5m tonnes.

The project is designed to serve BYD’s expanding manufacturing base in the Honghai Bay Green Manufacturing Industrial Park. Port planners say the facility will act as a key export channel for KD parts and finished vehicles, linking Shanwei with Shenzhen’s Yantian and Xiaomo terminals and Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung port.

Dredging, blasting, and piling operations are now running in parallel along the 707 m wharf line. Contractors say they are targeting completion of the main basin structure by the end of November. The project’s 17-storey port operations building has reached the 14th floor and is expected to top out in September.

The original design focused on traditional bulk cargo but was revised in 2025 to match the needs of the new energy vehicle cluster. That shift required fresh feasibility studies, design approvals, and reorganisation of construction sequences, a rare mid-build change for a port of this scale in China.

A joint team from CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering, Shenzhen Port Group, and Shanwei Transportation Investment Group is overseeing construction and future operations.

With only around a dozen senior staff, the group said it is running a leaner operation than typical for a project of this size.