Yangkou Port, located at the northern reaches of the Yangtze River Delta, Rudong County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province of China, after more than 20 years pre-construction work by famous research institutes and state departments, has been found to be suitable for the building of a deep-water port capable of berthing ocean-going cargo vessels of 100,000 to 200,000dwt. Its natural conditions permit the building of specialized berths that have been planned for this port, to handle a variety of cargoes, such as: containers, bulk goods, crude oil, iron ore and liquefied natural ga(LNG).