Dandong attained great progress in its port industries in 2011. Ports development has accelerated, with cargo and container handling capacities standing at 70 million tons and 700 thousand twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Extremely large vessels have gained access to the Dadong Port, a seaside port of the Dandong ports system.

The development of Dandong's ports has promoted the growth of the city's port industries.

In 2011, the first engineering ship with a 15 thousand ton displacement was launched followed by the operation of a high-powered tugboat. This fills the city's gap in the production of large vessels and tugboats. The production base for modern large vessels and marine engineering equipment was put in place along North Yellow Sea.

A ceremony was also held for the second phase of the Pastor 3.5 million tons of grain processing and utilization project. Once operating, the processing capacity of the soybeans will reach 6,000 tons per day, making it the largest soybeans production line in North China.

Edited by Chen Zhilin and Rakhee