Terminal to be built at Wusong

By Dong Hui  |   2008-11-3  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

A CRUISE ship terminal will be built at the city's northern Wusong estuary by 2010.

It will allow international tourists to cruise into Shanghai and pleasure boats and yachts to sail up the Huangpu River, Baoshan District government officials have said.

The construction of the port, which will cost 8 billion yuan (US$1.17 billion), will start soon and is expected to be in use during the Shanghai Expo, district officials said.

The Wusong estuary's advantages in depth and width ?? it has 8 kilometers of coastline ?? will allow it to accommodate three or four 60,000-ton, 300-meter cruise liners at the same time, according to officials with Baoshan District's Huangpu Riverbank Development Office.

"A 100,000-ton cruise liner can turn around here, but it would be hard in the downtown section of the Huangpu River," said an official with the development office.

When the port is built, Shanghai will provide anchorage for international cruise liners on the Huangpu River, from Wusong estuary to the Shanghai International Passenger Terminal on the Bund, according to Baoshan District Director Si Fumin.