Ningbo Zhoushan Port opens the 1st cross-border transport shipping route
“Shunxing 6” ship, which is a container ship for cross-border transportation of domestic trade cargoes, docked at the No 6 berth of Zhenhai Port Area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port on May 25th. The ship was loaded with 106 containers (totally 2862 tons) of colloid corns.
The cargoes were exited by a port in Huichun City of Yanbian Prefecture in Jilin Province, were delivered to Rajin Port in North Korea by land transport and then were shipped to Ningbo by maritime transport. This indicated that Ningbo Zhoushan Port has successfully opened the firstshipping route for cross-border transport of domestic trade containers.
Domestic trade cargoes cross-border transport is a transport mode where domestic trade cargoes start shipment from a port in Chinese territory and are transported to another port in Chinese territory via overseas territory. Since Ningbo city convened the meeting for one-to-one support of counties (cities) in Yanbian prefecture, relevant person in charge of Zhenhai Port Stevedoring Branch (ZPSB) and Business Department of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Co., Ltd. rushed to Huichun city to connect the shipping route services and do all the preparatory works for the opening of the cross-border transport shipping route for domestic trade cargoes from Huichun to Ningbo.ZPSB focused on coals, timbers and grains, thoroughly exploited market, visited clients and helped Jingxin Grain Depot of Huichun Municipal Grain Bureau and a grain enterprise in Ningbo to reach grain purchase agreement. It’s expected that about 100,000 tons of colloid corns will be shipped to south by the shipping route annually.
The opening of cross-border transport shipping route for domestic trade container from Huichun to Ningbo was a breakthrough for the one-on-one cooperation between Ningbo city and Yanbian city and shore up the weakness of Jinlin province where there is no seaport. The distance for the land transport of cargoes from Jilin province to Rajin Port is shortened by over 1000km compared to that from Jilin to Dalian Port. Thus, transport cost can be effective reduced and turnover time is shortened. In addition, the opening of the shipping route also enhanced Ningbo Zhoushan Port’s radiation scope and quality of the domestic trade shipping routes in North China, further improve the cargoes transport channel between north and south and enhance the positive economic interaction between Zhejiang province and the various regions in north China.
