The Port of Tianjin (Tianjin Gang, Chinese: 天津港; pinyin: tiānjīn gǎng), formerly known as the Port of Tanggu, is the largest port in Northern China and the main maritime gateway to Beijing. The name “Tianjin Xingang”(Chinese: 天津新港; pinyin: tiānjīn xīngǎng; literally: “Tianjin New Port”), which strictly speaking refers only to the main seaport area, is sometimes used to refer to the whole port. Tianjin Port handled 476 million tonnes of cargo and 12.3 million TEU of containers in 2012,[10] making it the world’s fourth largest port by throughput tonnage, and the tenth in container throughput. The port trades with more than 600 ports in 180 countries and territories around the world. It is served by over 115 regular container lines. run by 60 liner companies, including all the top 20 liners. Expansion in the last two decades has been enormous, going from 30 million tonnes of cargo and 490,000 TEU in 1993 to well beyond 400 million tonnes and 10 million TEU at present (2012).[14] Capacity is still increasing at a high rate, with 550–600 Mt of throughput capacity expected by 2015.

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