A wharf at the Heping village of Pingtan county is basically now complete and will be put into use in December.

Workers weld steel rods at a wharf at the Heping village of Pingtan county. The steel bars will be used in the construction of a bridge nearby, which will be part of the Fuzhou-Pingtan railway. [Photo/pingtan.gov.cn]

It will be mainly responsible for transportation of materials for the construction of a bridge nearby, which is part of the Fuzhou-Pingtan railway.

Occupying an area of 150 mu (10 hectares), the wharf has four berths which are capable of docking 2,000 ton bulk cargo ships.

There are three functional zones – a quarry, mixing station and steel bar processing.

Background: Fuzhou-Pingtan Railway

Construction of the Fuzhou-Pingtan Railway – which will link the capital city of Fuzhou and the island county of Pingtan in Fujian province – began on Oct 31, 2013.

The line stretches 88.4 kilometers, with a designed speed of 160 km per hour (Fuzhou-Fuzhou South) and 200 km per hour (Fuzhou South to Pingtan), a passenger capacity of 50 million and cargo capacity of 15 million tons.

The railway project – with a total accrued investment of 26.8 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) – is expected to take over five years.