OREANDA-NEWS. December 01, 2014. Within five years a new timber port for international cargoes will be built in Caofeidian, Wenfeng in Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China.

This port will be one of three equipped for timber fumigation and will service customers in Northern, Northeast, Northwest and Inner Mongolia, ITTO reported.

It has been reported that a RMB1.17 billion has been invested in building a 30,000 tonne and two 50,000 tonne softwood berths, two 50,000 tonne of hardwood berths as well creating one of the biggest timber trading platforms in North China.

Currently, two 50,000 tonne berths are open to shipping and by the end of this year the terminal handling capacity is forecast to reach 5 million cubic metres per year.