Cham - New container direct routes to Southeast Asia next month to resume service

September 11 morning, Zhanjiang Municipality and Zhanjiang Port Group jointly organized the "Zhanjiang - Singapore, Southeast Asia routes direct" promotion, to more than 70 companies around Zhanjiang and hinterland promote Zhanjiang - Singapore container direct route.

According to reports, the route is planned for October 18 this year, officially opened by Asia's largest shipping company, one of the PIL (PIL) into two 1400TEU (international standard container units, editor's note) container ship operations, via "Zhanjiang - Danang - Singapore - Haiphong - Fangcheng - Zhanjiang" and other ports, sailing weekly intervals, arrived in Zhanjiang Port on Saturday and Sunday departures. Opening of the route, marking the Zhanjiang Port completely opened up the container business links with ASEAN countries to open up toward the ocean, a window to the world, has laid a solid goals for the Zhanjiang Port regional container hub port and international maritime center foundation.

2009, Zhanjiang Port opened the first container to Singapore route directly to Southeast Asia, but was forced to suspended after the financial crisis and other factors, the airline operations for six months. The re-opening of the route, it will completely change the Zhanjiang goods out of Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, subject to Hong Kong, Shenzhen, barge transport of the status quo, bid farewell to "transfer" the pain, shorten delivery Zhanjiang to Southeast Asia, and reduce transportation costs. Singapore and Hong Kong as the world's largest container entrepot center, a fifth of the world's container handling transhipment throughput, and 6 percent worldwideContainerThroughput, the port more than 200 routes, connecting 123 countries and regions in the world, more than 600 ports. After the opening of the route, via Singapore and Hong Kong Port of Zhanjiang covering all the world's major ports, which greatly facilitates the customer's cargo shipped Zhanjiang surrounding areas for customers to save transportation costs.

This year, the Zhanjiang Port Group to put into treasure full container terminal as an opportunity to actively introduce new routes and route optimization layout, good long-term growth plan business development, and constantly reinforce market fundamentals. The first half of Zhanjiang Port Group completed the domestic routes layout Zhanjiang to the east, north and southern China, and gradually form a framework for domestic trunk port. In terms of foreign trade routes, Zhanjiang Port gradually opened up to international liner Zhanjiang Japan, Vietnam and other places.

All along, the municipal government of Zhanjiang Port container business has given strong support. In 2009, the municipal government issued the "Decision on Accelerating the development of port economy" from the government level to support the introduction of a port development policy. 2013, according to the development of the situation, the municipal government to a higher vision, more pragmatic measures to plan the development of the container business in Zhanjiang City, decided to organize 10 million yuan annually from the city finance, used to attract shipowners to Zhanjiang Port open routes. Meanwhile, the Zhanjiang Port Group supporting arrangement 10 million yuan, to encourage customers to take the container transport, expanding sea and railway transport, water transfer, "dry port" and other services.

In the first half of this year, cargo throughput of Zhanjiang Port Group 41,375,000 tons, an increase of 15.5%; city's port cargo throughput of 106 million tons, an increase of 14.8%, higher than the national growth rate, the average level of the province's coastal ports. 1-8 months, the Zhanjiang Port Group cargo throughput of 54.904 million tons, an increase of 12.2%; city's port cargo throughput of 136 million tons, an increase of 13.3%. Among them, the container throughput of 340,000 TEU, an increase of 58%.