2004年秦皇岛港完成货物吞吐量1.5亿吨,其中煤炭吞吐量1.3亿吨。与其他货种相比,煤炭始终是秦皇岛港的主导货种,秦皇岛港在我国北方主要煤炭作业港口中继续保持绝对优势。(见表1、表2)。秦皇岛港之所以现在和未来较长时期内仍将是北煤南运的主枢纽港,是由于秦皇岛港与上述各港 Qinhuangdao port completed cargo throughput of 150 million tons in 2004, of which 130 million tons of coal throughput. Compared with other kinds of cargoes, coal has always been the dominant species in Qinhuangdao Port. Qinhuangdao Port has maintained its absolute superiority in major coal ports in northern China. (See Table 1, Table 2). The reason why Qinhuangdao Port will remain the main hub of the northward transportation of coal north-south now and for a long time in the future is that Qinhuangdao Port and all the above ports