COSCO Container Lines (Coscon) recently started work on a mega container depot near Shanghai's Yangshan port.

The CNY450 million (US$60.1 million) project, located in the Ziying Logistics Park near Lingang Logistics Park, covers an area of about 232,000 square metres, a company statement said.

Covering 64,621 square metres, the facility includes a container depot, an inspection yard, five warehouses, a container repair shop, offices and living quarters.

The container depot, close to a railway freight station and the Hulu Expressway and Lianggang Avenue, is conveniently linked to the transport Shanghai's transport network.

Most Shanghai container depots are near Puxi and Waigaoqiao, but as more services move to the new Yangshan deep-water port, new facilities are needed in the area, a Coscon statement said.