The Port of Zhanjiang, situated in Zhanjiang Bay of Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong Province, is a hub port for Southwest China and the west region of South China. Being richly endowed by natural conditions, 50,000 dwt vessels can approach directly to the port facilities.

The Port was built and put into service in 1956 and is now composed of 4 cargo handling areas and one container company. The Port now has 29 productive berths, among them 23 are for vessels of over 10,000 dwt. during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, the berths completed and put into service include 5 berths for vessels of over 10,000 dwt in the south of Area 1, which was part of the second-phase works of Area 1, one general cargo berth for vessels of 5,000 dwt in the South Area 3 and one transshipment terminal for vessels of 5,000 in Area 5 (other than that, one more berth for vessels of 10,000 dwt and another one for vessels of 5,000 dwt are still under construction). The designed annual throughput capacity of the Port was increased by 2.43 million tons in the same period.