CORK

Located in the southern part of Ireland (full name: IRELAND) along the lower reaches of the LEE River, about 15n miles from the mouth of the sea, it is situated on the northwest side of the CELTIC Sea and is one of Ireland's main ports. The airport is about 8km away from the city center and has regular flights to London. The port has a temperate maritime climate with prevailing southwest winds. The average temperature in the coldest month is 4-7 ℃, the average temperature in the hottest month is 12-15 ℃, and the average annual rainfall is about 900mm. Hong Kong is a semi diurnal tide type, with a high tide of 4.4m during major floods and a low tide of 1.3m during minor floods. The main berths at the port are as follows: Dock name, number of berths, shoreline length (m), maximum water depth (m) ───────── ────── ────── ────── CORK 6 1106 8.8 TIVOLI 5 666 8.8 WHITEGATE 2 471 11.4 MARINO POINT 1 237 10.2 ─── ─── 14 2480 There are various types of loading and unloading equipment, including shore cranes, mobile cranes, grab cranes, container cranes, cross loading vehicles, and automatic unloading equipment. There are also oil pipelines with diameters ranging from 152.4 to 254mm for loading and unloading crude oil. Loading and unloading rates: 1000 tons of syrup per hour, 200 tons of sulfuric acid per hour, 4000 tons of crude oil per hour, 700 tons of diesel per hour, and 600 tons of gasoline per hour. The maximum reliable capacity of an oil tanker berth is 50000 deadweight tons for ships or 90000 tons for partially loaded ships. The area of the grocery warehouse is about 20000 m ∧<2>, the capacity of the grain warehouse is 69000 tons, and the capacity of the refrigerated warehouse is about 85000 m ∧<3>. In 1994, the container throughput was 54000 TEUs, an increase of 3% compared to 1993, and the cargo throughput reached 7.41 million tons. The main export goods are butter, chocolate, butter, machinery, scrap steel, car tires, livestock, sulfuric acid, and gasoline. The main import goods include coal, fertilizers, crude oil, rubber, wood, automotive parts, chrome ore, pig iron, grains, wool, and cotton yarn.