An aerial photo taken on Oct 11, 2021, shows a night view of the coal dock in Tianjin Port of North China's Tianjin. [Photo/Xinhua]
China is making all-out efforts to ensure the nation's power supply for the upcoming heating season. Suifenhe, a railway port on the China-Russia border in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, has boosted coal imports to meet rising demand from power producers and heating suppliers in North China.
Tianjin Port has also stayed busy loading thermal coal to ships destined to coal-fired power plants in other parts of the country. In a three-shift workflow, the dock is now capable of shoveling 2,500 tons of coal per hour into ship hatches.
Coal is transported by gantry cranes at Suifenhe Railway Port in Suifenhe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Oct 12, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Engineering equipment operates at the coal dock in Tianjin Port of North China's Tianjin, Oct 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Aerial photo taken on Oct 11, 2021 shows loading equipment operating at the coal dock in Tianjin Port of North China's Tianjin. [Photo/Xinhua]
Engineering equipment operates at the coal dock in Tianjin Port of North China's Tianjin, Oct 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Employees shovel coal at Suifenhe Railway Port in Suifenhe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Oct 12, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
The staff of Xixia thermoelectric company monitor the operation of the equipment in the central control room in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Oct 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
A worker of Xixia thermoelectric company cleans heating equipment in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Oct 11, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
