湛江港是新中国成立后自行设计建造的第一个现代化深水海港,位于广东省雷州半岛东北部,东临南海、南望海南岛、西靠北部湾、北倚大西南,是大西南重要的出海口,也是中国大陆通往东南亚、非洲、欧洲和大洋洲航程最短的口岸,与世界100多个国家和地区通航,年货物吞吐量近5000万吨, Zhanjiang Port is the first modern deep-water harbor designed and built after the founding of People’s Republic of China. It is located in the northeast of Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong Province. It faces the South China Sea to the east, Hainan Island to the south, Beibu Gulf to the west, and the northwest to the southwest. It is also the port with the shortest voyage to mainland China, Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania and links with more than 100 countries and regions in the world. The annual cargo throughput is nearly 50 million tons,