On May 29, the Ocean Alliance AWE2 "COSCO Fortune" ship departing from the east coast of the United States arrived at the Pacific International Terminal of Tianjin Port, which is the third cargo ship to arrive at Tianjin Port since the opening of the route on May 15.
Adjacent to the Bohai Sea in the east, Tianjin is the sea and land intersection of the "Belt and Road" and the eastern starting point of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor. In the past month, Tianjin Port has opened three new routes: a direct route to the East Coast of South America on May 6, a direct route to the East Coast of the United States on May 15, and a new direct route to Central America on May 16. At present, Tianjin Port has a total of 147 container routes, reaching more than 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions around the world, and the status of Tianjin Port as a container hub has been continuously enhanced. "After the opening of the U.S. East Route, the export mode of goods around Tianjin has changed from the original China to direct flights, and the sailing time has increased from about 45 days to 38 days, which has greatly reduced the shipping time." Yu Cheng, deputy manager of the operation department of Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal Company, introduced.
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In June 2023, the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government announced the Action Plan for the Integrated Development of Hong Kong, Industry and City, relying on this action, Tianjin's key cargo industry chain has been continuously extended, and the development of port-friendly industries has been accelerated. In 2023, the construction of the non-ferrous ore trading base will be launched, and the two cross-border e-commerce distribution centers of Jingdong and Cainiao will be settled in Tianjin; The growth rate of imports of key commodities supported by policies, such as meat, soybeans, iron ore, natural gas, and wine, is higher than the average growth rate of imports at Tianjin port. From January to April 2024, the port throughput scale continued to expand, with Tianjin Port completing a cargo throughput of 161 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, and a container throughput of 7.395 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, a new high in the same period in history, driving the further expansion of Tianjin's foreign trade scale, and the import and export of foreign trade increased by 3.3%. "In terms of cargo exports, the U.S. East Route is dominated by our traditional advantageous goods in Tianjin and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, such as containers, bicycles, and some handmade products." Yu Cheng said, "Including the Cherry Express that we opened last year, which is also the first fruit express in the northern region, the overall market feedback is very good." ”
China Railway Tianjin Container Center Station is only four kilometers away from Tianjin Port Pacific International Terminal Company, and is the first comprehensive container railway hub for sea-rail intermodal transportation in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. "There are many dry ports in the hinterland of North China and Northwest China in Tianjin, and customers who book warehouses can directly ship the goods to the central railway station by railway, and through the convenient green channel, the goods of sea-rail intermodal transport are directly on the ship to ensure the timeliness of export goods." Yu Cheng said.
As an important node city of the "Belt and Road", Tianjin actively promotes sea-rail intermodal transport, so that the goods arriving at the port by sea can be easily connected by land, further smoothing the logistics channel, and enhancing the logistics influence and coverage of the port. "The main sea-rail trains are the China-Europe trains, the Central Asia trains, as well as the 'scatter-to-collect' project of imported metal ores, the port-city trains launched by the Beijing Bureau, and so on." Li Zhiwu, director of the business development department of China Railway United International Container Co., Ltd., introduced. From January to April 2024, Tianjin Customs supervised the shipment of 236 trains from Tianjin Central Europe and Central Asia, with 255,300 TEUs, and a year-on-year increase of 10.2% in freight volume. "We are also working with local governments to get more routes for China-Europe trains." Li Zhiwu said.
In the future, Tianjin will take the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei as the strategic traction, make every effort to promote the integrated development of port, industry and city, continuously improve the ability of the port to serve the major national strategy of coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, serve the economic hinterland and attract agglomeration resource elements for Tianjin, deeply integrate into the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', give full play to the advantages and role of Tianjin Port, and build an important strategic fulcrum connecting the domestic and international dual circulation in the northern part of the mainland."
Source: Phoenix.com