Showdown at Tianjin (1)

*Xin Lei*

It was almost eight in the evening when we reached Tianjin Port. By that time, the tourists start to disperse.

It was my first time to visit a seaport and man it was huge. There were rows of containers loaded on top of each other. Between every such row, the road was wide enough for small terminal tractors to pass by and unload the containers from the dock to the storage yard.

As we carefully moved forward, I saw the container terminal. Two to three big ships were docked in one berth, and huge gantry cranes were built above them. These cranes were used for lifting the containers from the ships to the trucks in the container terminal. The cranes occupied a wide area.

Lin Zihao had shown me a path that was safe to use to keep an eye on the happenings. Naturally, there would be men guarding the area for any intruders.