The Port of Rizhao, situated at the south end of Shandong Peninsula and bordering on the Yellow Sea, is in the middle of China's coastal area and is also a hub port for foreign trade and for water borne and land transportation in China. The Port was named as one of the Eastern Bridgeheads of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge on July 30th , 1995. The Port now has 18 productive berths with a designed annual throughput capacity totalling 19.1 million tons. Among these berths, there are 2 coal berth for vessels of 100,000 dwt, 8 general cargo berths for vessels of over 10,000 dwt, one fuel oil berth for vessels of 5,000 dwt, and 7 berths for vessels of 500 to 5,000 dwt. the throughput in 1995 was 14.52 million tons.

During the period of the Eighth Five-Year Plan, works of the second phase in East port area, including 5 deepwater general cargo berth for vessels of more than 10,000 dwt, were all completed and put into operation while middle port area was rebuilt and expanded into 7 medium and small sized general cargo berths. The total number of berths in the port was increased by 10 with an increased annual throughput capacity of 2.64 million tons. The total berth line was increased by 1557m.