Project record

Hunan Inland Waterway Green Port programme: Daorenji, Songyanghu III and Songmu II

Aerial view of the long Daorenji terminal high-pile quay under construction on the Yangtze River

China Media Group / Hao Ziyang; Daorenji construction overview published 28 April 2025

Hunan's inland-waterway green-port programme links three terminal components: six berths at Daorenji and six at Songyanghu on the Yangtze, plus three proposed berths at Songmu on the Xiang River. Local approvals and procurements have advanced Daorenji and Songyanghu III even though AIIB's USD 200 million sovereign-financing proposal remains at Proposed status. The record therefore separates lender preparation from locally financed delivery, and separates the active Daorenji and Songyanghu packages from still-unverified Songmu II construction.

Project signal

Construction in China

Current status Daorenji's main marine structure was reported complete in July 2026 with equipment installation and commissioning next; Songyanghu III moved from 1,556 precast deck panels into field installation in January 2026; no current Phase II construction evidence has been found for Songmu. AIIB still lists the proposed sovereign financing as Proposed Source confidence Confirmed

Location

China / Asia Pacific

Segment

Inland-waterway green-port programme, open-piled bulk and general-cargo berths

Status

Daorenji's main marine structure was reported complete in July 2026 with equipment installation and commissioning next; Songyanghu III moved from 1,556 precast deck panels into field installation in January 2026; no current Phase II construction evidence has been found for Songmu. AIIB still lists the proposed sovereign financing as Proposed / Confirmed

Last checked

2 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Inland-waterway green-port programme, open-piled bulk and general-cargo berths is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Hunan Provincial Government and Hunan Port and Water Conservancy Group, with component project companies including Yueyang Daorenji Port Logistics Co Ltd
Delivery parties
CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co Ltd - Daorenji main-works contractor, Hunan Waterway Engineering Co Ltd - Songyanghu III construction project team, Hangzhou Huaxin Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Co Ltd - winner of Daorenji's heavy-equipment package at CNY 66.2288 million, Hunan Xiangniu Environmental Industrial Co Ltd - first-ranked candidate for Daorenji's environmental-protection package at CNY 7.28280518 million; final award not verified, Daorenji construction supervision - Hunan Transportation Construction Engineering Supervision Co Ltd was first-ranked at CNY 6.74352 million; final award not verified, Songmu II contractors - not identified in current official sources
Contract route
The programme began as a Hunan provincial initiative seeking a USD 200 million sovereign loan from AIIB, while delivery has proceeded through component-specific local procurements. Daorenji started under a provincial approval and later let one main construction package; the December 2023 candidate notice ranked CCCC Second Harbor first at CNY 609,322,049.97, and later government progress records identify it as the executing contractor. Separate Daorenji tenders cover supervision, environmental works and heavy equipment. Songyanghu III is being delivered through Hunan Waterway Engineering. No current Songmu II works award or mobilisation record is published.
Execution window
Daorenji started on 30 December 2022. Its 630 piles were completed between 29 March and 7 August 2024, upper-structure work was active in April 2025, and the main marine structure was reported complete in July 2026 before equipment installation and commissioning. Songyanghu III started in December 2024; 1,556 deck panels were cast from 1 September 2025 to 6 January 2026 before field installation. AIIB's 2023 appraisal, approval and December 2026 closing estimates were planning dates and have not been achieved in the bank's current public status. No current delivery window is verified for Songmu II.
Works package
Daorenji comprises six 5,000-tonne bulk berths designed to accommodate 10,000-tonne vessels, an approximately 840-metre high-pile quay, access bridges and conveyor galleries, with 16.6 million tonnes per year stated cargo capacity and 18.814 million tonnes per year design throughput in the environmental tender. Songyanghu III comprises six 5,000-tonne berths accommodating 10,000-tonne vessels, including four general-cargo and two multipurpose berths, approximately 758 metres of shoreline, 365.6 mu of backland and 7.6 million tonnes per year throughput. AIIB's concept also includes three Songmu II berths and technical assistance, but current works scope and award evidence for that component remain unavailable.
Marine interfaces
The active packages combine steel-pipe piling, open high-pile platforms, precast beams and deck panels, access bridges, conveyor systems, floating pontoons, cargo-handling equipment and live Yangtze navigation. Delivery must coordinate changing river levels, flood and wind exposure, berth geometry for larger vessels, small dredging and pier works, dredged-material and runoff controls, navigation safety, backland logistics, equipment integration and commissioning. Songmu II's Phase II interface must not be inferred from the existing Phase I terminal.
Commercial evidence boundary
AIIB's 2023 plan totals USD 520 million, with a proposed USD 200 million loan and USD 320 million government contribution. Hunan's July 2022 briefing instead described a roughly CNY 2.8 billion programme and the same planned USD 200 million loan application. Those are dated planning baselines, not approved funding or paid construction value. Component records separately put Daorenji's approved investment at CNY 1.247 billion and Songyanghu III at CNY 1.344 billion. The Daorenji CNY 609.322 million figure is the first-ranked main-works offer, while CNY 66.2288 million is the confirmed heavy-equipment award; neither should be converted into whole-programme spend.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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Daorenji's main marine structure reached physical completion

Hunan's waterway authority reported that CCCC Second Harbor had completed the principal marine structure and installed the floating pontoons. Equipment installation, integrated commissioning, terminal acceptance and commercial operation remain separate later milestones.

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Songyanghu III moved from precasting into field installation

The project completed all 1,556 precast deck panels and moved into on-site installation. This is component-production progress, not six completed berths or operating release.

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Daorenji awarded its heavy-equipment package

The official result named Hangzhou Huaxin Mechanical & Electrical Engineering as winner at CNY 66.2288 million, creating a separate equipment-delivery lane after the main civil package.

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Songyanghu III started construction

The start notice defined six 5,000-tonne berths, a CNY 1.344 billion component investment, 758 metres of shoreline and 7.6 million tonnes per year throughput, moving this component beyond the lender concept stage.

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Daorenji completed all 630 steel-pipe piles

The official progress record dated pile work from 29 March to 7 August 2024 and confirmed the high-pile berth geometry. Pile completion did not establish upper-structure, equipment or terminal completion.

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CCCC Second Harbor ranked first for Daorenji main works

The candidate notice ranked CCCC Second Harbor first at CNY 609,322,049.97. Later government progress records confirm it as contractor; the candidate price remains a bid figure unless a controlling contract result publishes the executed amount.

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AIIB disclosed the proposed 15-berth financing concept

The PSI defined Daorenji, Songyanghu and Songmu components, Category A safeguards and a proposed USD 200 million loan. It did not constitute approval, signing, effectiveness, disbursement or a works award.

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Daorenji started under local approval

Hunan's state-assets authority reported the component start after September 2022 approval, demonstrating that local project delivery advanced independently of a later AIIB approval decision.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • AIIB approval, signing, effectiveness, disbursement or withdrawal
  • Daorenji equipment installation and integrated commissioning
  • Daorenji formal marine-structure and terminal acceptance
  • Daorenji first sustained commercial cargo service and throughput
  • Songyanghu III field installation and completed berth structure
  • Songyanghu III equipment, handover and operating release
  • Songmu II approval, procurement, award and mobilisation evidence
  • Final environmental and supervision package awards
  • River-stage, navigation, dredging and environmental controls
  • Strict separation of Phase I Songmu operations from Phase II delivery

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Reporting status

Construction, confirmed confidence

Last checked 2 August 2026 across 13 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 2 August 2026 Cited sources 13

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