On August 8, the centralized opening ceremony of the container "seven lines and one train" of Shandong Port Group (referred to as "Shandong Port") was held in Qingdao.

At the ceremony, 5 "Belt and Road" and RCEP routes from Shandong to Southeast Asia and 2 ocean-going routes between North and South America were officially opened.

At the same time, the "Shandong Port Qingdao Port - Suifenhe" container sea-rail intermodal train was also officially opened on the same day.

  According to reports, the five routes to Southeast Asia and other countries and regions are the CMA CGM/Taiping/Honghai Taiyue Line, the Mediterranean Shipping Line in Southeast Asia, the Haifeng Line of SITC Shipping, the Southeast Asia Line of Zhonggu Shipping and the Changjin/Xingya Far East Line.

The new route focuses on serving RCEP member countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia, and builds a low-cost and high-efficiency maritime logistics channel for imported fruits, chilled food and other cold chain living materials from Southeast Asia to connect with Shandong ports.

  In addition, Shandong Port opened two ocean-going trunk lines from Taiping/Wanhai/Yangming and China United Shipping to North and South America to continuously deliver traditional advantageous export goods such as household fast-moving consumer goods, chemicals, and mechanical and electrical products to the Americas, accelerating the realization of Shandong Port from " The transformation and upgrading of the "production means port" to the "production means port".

  At present, Shandong Port has opened more than 320 shipping routes, opened 80 trains, and built 30 inland ports.

In 2021, the cargo throughput of Shandong ports will exceed 1.5 billion tons, and the container volume will exceed 34 million TEUs, up 6.1% and 8.3% year-on-year respectively, ranking first and third in the world.

(Reporter Hu Yaojie produced Wu Rui)

Responsible editor: [Yue Chuan]