<h2 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 6px; border: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 47, 109);">Qingdao speeds up cruise port construction</h2><p>Dalian: One of the major cruise ports in North China, Qingdao port, has shut down bulk cargo operations in its old port area to support the construction of a new cruise home port.</p><p>The port is moving out much of the cargo handling from the old port and adjusting the cargo structure to make it much greener.</p><p>The old port area remains under construction with a passenger centre the current focus, while the main terminal was completed in March last year. The designed annual passenger capacity of the homeport will be 1.5m passengers.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p></p><p><img data-cke-saved-src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/qingdaocruise.jpg" src="http://www.asiacruisenews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/images/qingdaocruise.jpg" alt="Qingdao speeds up cruise port construction" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; width: 380px; height: 210px; float: left; overflow: hidden; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);"><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div><br></div>