Seaport
Qingdao has three major port facilities, the Old Port,the Huangdao Oil Port and the Qianwan Port, for cargo and oil tankers, including China’s largest container dock, a 200,000t ore dock, a 200,000t petroleum dock and a 100,000t coal dock. Cooperative relations have been established with 450 ports in 130 countries. The 1999 annual cargo handling capacity was 72 million tons, exported commodities were more than 35 million tons and 1.5 million TEUs. In 1997, Qingdao Port was accredited to ISO9002 for passenger and cargo transport.