Why Dalian? Become an ice-free port

Dalian Port is located in the northeast of Dalian and the south of Dalian Bay. It is the second largest port in Chinese mainland, and its foreign trade export ranks first in China. Dalian seaport was built in 1899, with a history of 100 years. The port is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and Sanshan Island is a natural barrier. The harbor is wide and deep, neither silting nor freezing. It is an excellent deep-water ice-free port in China, a land and water transportation hub and an important international trade port in China. Dalian Seaport has direct flights with many foreign ports, trade with 150 countries and regions, and irregular international passenger routes with Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Domestic regular passenger routes go directly to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, Yantai and Tanggu. The reason why Dalian Port becomes an ice-free port is mainly influenced by the warm current of the North Yellow Sea. After the Kuroshio flows northeast into the East China Sea along the east coast of Taiwan Province Province, it branches south of 30 N and flows to the Sea of Japan, which is called the warm current flowing to Malaysia. Another branch of the warm current to Malaysia flows into the Yellow Sea near Jeju Island, which is called the Yellow Sea Warm Current. After the Yellow Sea warm current enters the North Yellow Sea, it forms counterclockwise circulation. The steady circulation continuously brings high-temperature seawater to the coast of the North Yellow Sea, and it is the heat it brings that makes Dalian Port an ice-free deep-water port.