The Port of Fuzhou is situated in Southeast China and onthe west coast of the Taiwan Strait.It is one of the major hubports on the mainland coast and an important gateway for for-eign trade and trade between Fujian Province and TaiwanProvince. The Port of Fuzhou is composed of an estuary port and asea port,the former at the lower reach of the Minjiang Riverand the latter at deepwater coves like Fuqing Cove and Lu-oyuan Cove on the north and south shores at the outlet of theMinjiang River into the sea.As of the end of 1995,the porthas 40 operational berths with a total berthing length of 4,383m,and the maximum size of ships that can enter the portis 30,000dwt.It has a total storage area of 235,909m~2,and262 units of various handling machinery.The port is called by17 international shipping services to and from over 40 coun-tries and regions ineluding Europe,America,Japan and sin-gapore.Regular cargo liners ply between Fuzhou and Japanand between Fuzhou Hong Kong,and regular passenger linersfrom Fuzhou to The Port of Fuzhou is situated in Southeast China and on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait. It is one of the major hubports on the mainland coast and an important gateway for for-eign trade and trade between Fujian Province and Taiwan Province. The Port of Fuzhou is composed of an estuary port and asea port, the former at the lower reach of the Minjiang Riverand the latter at deepwater coves like Fuqing Cove and Lu-oyuan Cove on the north and south shores at the outlet of theMinjiang River into the sea .As of the end of 1995, the porthas 40 operational berths with a total berthing length of 4,383m, and the maximum size of ships that can enter the portis 30,000dwt. It has a total storage area of ​​235,909m ~ 2, and262 units of various handling machinery. The port is called by17 international shipping services to and from over 40 councils and regions ineluding Europe, America, Japan and sin-gapore.Regular cargo liners ply between Fuzhou and Japan and between Fuzhou Hong Kong, and regular passenger l inersfrom Fuzhou to