Qinhuangdao Oilport is located in Qinhuangdao City on the Western Liaoning Corridor, where Hebei Province and Liaoning Province meet. The place, at the juncture of North China Economic Zone and Northeast China Economic Zone and in the center of Bohai Sea locked economic region, is the strategic communication link between Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei Province and the three provinces in Northeast China as well as an important access to sea-borne transportation for Beijing. Qinhuangdao Oilport is China's first oilport which carries oil by pipelines, and the largest transit and distributing center for crude, petroleum products and liquid chemical products in North China.

A 984km long oil pipeline and a 368km long pipeline closely link the dock of Qinhuangdao Oilport with Daqing Oilfield and Yanshan Petrochemical Corporation of Beijing. Thanks to the continuous development after it was put into operation since Oct. 6, 1973, the oilport currently owns four berths, including two 20000-ton berths, one 50000-ton berth and one 5000-ton berth, with an annual cargo handling capacity of 16.5 million tons. It can undertake loading and unloading of 2000-60000 ton liquified bulk cargo carriers. During the past 27 years it has established business relationships with more than 30 plants and companies and has undertaken the transit, loading and unloading of more than 270 million tons and more than 10 kinds of bulk liquid cargo, including crude, gasoline, diesel, calcium phosphate, jet fuel, naphtha, heavy oil, ethylene dichloride and methanol.

The oilport is equipped with 3 loading bridges for railway wagons, which can allow 3 railway wagons to load and unload simultaneously. There exist in the oilport various storage tanks of more than 1.3 million m3 in total volume, which belong to The first stevedoring company of Qinhuangdao port Authority, CNPC, Dongfang Petrochemical Co.ltd, Yonghui Petrochemical Co.ltd, etc, as well as one modern sewage treatment plant. In addition, it is fully and well equipped with safety facilities, environmental protection equipment and various kinds of auxiliary facilities.

As the largest transit center for bulk liquid in North China, Qinhuangdao Oilport has preserved enough land for holding storage tanks of 2.8 million m3 in total volume. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan, it will further enlarge the port. The major project currently under consideration is a 250000-ton berth for crude oil.

As the master of Qinhuangdao Oilport, The first stevedoring company of Qinhuangdao port Authority has 28 years of experiences in port management. The company pays special attention to safety and environment and is opening up to the whole world with its superior managerial ability and professional skills as well as consistent improvement in port facilities and equipment.