Dalian Port lies at the southern tip of Liaodong Peninsula, and is at the centre of Northeast Asia economic zone. Dalian port has 85 specialized berths for containers, crude oil, refined oil, grain, coal, bulk minerals and chemical products. Among which, 54 berths can accommodate vessels exceeding 10,000 metric tons deadweight.
Its unique location and deep water resources have made Dalian Port a maritime gateway in Northeast China to the world. Over 50 shipping lines opened nearly a hundred container shipping route leading to the rest of the world. In 2009, the Dalian Port Group has achieved throughput of 204 million tons, a 10% increase from the previous year. Container throughput reached 4.55 million TEU, an 1% increase from the previous year.
Port of Dalian is the most important container hub in Northeast China. It is also the country's second largest container transshipment port. Its railway-seaport connection rank the top among all ports in China. More than 90% of Northeast China's foreign trade containers transit at the Port of Dalian.
Port of Dalian is Northeast China's largest oil and liquid chemicals storage and distribution base. It is equipped with China’s largest and most advanced 30-ton crude oil dock, and is able to unload VLCC. Its annual capacity reaches 57 million tons. It is building a new oil terminal of 27-meter water depth, which is able to berth 500,000 tons super tanker. Dalian Port is the ore distribution center in north China. It has the largest and most advanced iron ore dock with capacity of 300,000 tons.
Dalian port was listed in Hong Kong in April 2006 and became the first internationally listed companies in Northeast China.