Ports around Beijing strengthen ties in push to develop jointly

Ports in the capital's neighboring Tianjin and Hebei province will accelerate the pace of their integrated development in maritime transport, a move to support the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.

There are four major ports in the region - Tianjin Port, and Hebei's ports of Qinhuangdao, Tangshan and Huanghua - all of which are located along northern China's Bohai Sea Rim, according to the China Ports& Harbors Association.

"The ports have complementary advantages, based on which we should share resources and information to achieve joint development," said Liu Guanghai, general manager of Hebei Port Group Co Ltd, which owns Qinghuangdao Port and several other wharves in Tangshan, Cangzhou and Handan.