BELFAST

Located at the mouth of the LAGAN River on the northeast coast of the island of Ireland in the western part of the United Kingdom (full name: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND), southwest of Belfast Bay, it is the largest seaport in Northern Ireland. Founded in 1888, it has been the capital of Northern Ireland since 1920. As early as the 17th century, it became the world's largest center of flax industry. The main industries include shipbuilding, aircraft, linen textiles, petrochemicals, and food processing. The port is about 27km away from the airport and there are daily flights to various parts of the UK. The port has a temperate maritime climate, with frequent cloudy and rainy weather, especially in winter. The annual average temperature is about 9-19 ℃. The average annual rainfall is about 900mm. During major floods, the average high tide is 3.5m and the average low tide is 0.4m. During minor floods, the average high tide is 3m and the average low tide is 1.1m. The water area of Hong Kong is 146 hectares, and the total length of the dock shoreline is about 13km. The main dock berths in the port area are as follows: Dock name, number of berths, shoreline length (m), maximum water depth (m) ───────── ────── ────── ────── York 4 936 7.3 POLLOCK 6 1435 10.3 VICTORIA 1 230 8.5 SPENCER (Ximusi) 3 544 8.5 DUFFERIN 3 525 8.5 MUSGRAVE 4 754 9.1 OIL BERTH 3 486 10.6 ── ─── 24 4910 There are various types of loading and unloading equipment such as shore cranes, jib cranes, conveying cranes, gantry cranes, and roll on/roll off facilities. There is also a floating crane with a lifting capacity of 150 tons. The anchorage of the large ship is in the waters east of Belfast Bay, with a depth of over 10 meters. The newly built dock located in the Mosgraf Channel can accommodate ships with a load capacity of 100000 tons. The oil terminal can also dock at night. In 1992, the container throughput was 186000 TEUs, with an annual cargo throughput capacity of approximately 30 million tons. The main export goods include machinery, scrap metal, textiles, gasoline, ships, cured meat, eggs, ham, and livestock. The main import goods include coal, fertilizers, building materials, grains, fruits, wood, crude oil, feed, and chemicals.