An Economic and Technology Development Zone is 2 km from the port and the Port Free Trade Zone exists within the port area. There are more than 30 scheduled shipping to over 160 countries and regions world-wide. Container shipping lines serve the United States and Canada, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Persian Gulf. The port is located at a major rail and highway junction. The Beijing - Shenyang railway at Tanggu connects with the provinces of Liaon, Jilin and Heilongjiang.
Numerous highways link the port to neighbouring provinces.
An express way links Beijing and Tanggu. Twelve new 10,000t container berths are under construction as part of the World Bank funded Dongtudi project, which began in December 1993. 11 metres Remarks Exports include sundry manufactured goods, salt, non-metal ores. Imports include grain, steel, fertilizers, cement and timber.