Liaoning Dandong port highlights leading role in logistics industry
THE northernmost international seaport in China, Dandong port in Liaoning province, has established 36 inland dry ports in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and eastern Inner Mongolia regions.
Serving as the only sea gateway in eastern northeast China, Dandong port provides the shortest access to sea for goods in the region, reports Xinhua.
It has achieved noticeable results in developing sea-sea, rail-sea intermodal services in domestic ports such as Qingdao, Yantai, Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhangzhou, Zhanjiang, Shenzhen and foreign ports such as Singapore, Pyongtaek, Incheon, Busan and Sakhalin ports. Dandong Port Group CEO Zhang Hongjiang said Dandong port once was a bulk cargo port with small container capacity, however, its container throughput hit 1.25 million TEU last year.
The port is now taking steps to accelerate the construction of large grain logistics base, with four grain berths of 50,000 tonnes built. The Dandong port is stepping towards international stage with modern specialised berth facilities for the grain, coal, ore, container, passenger ro-ro and oil.
It also plans to open more shipping services to southern China's Fujian, Guangzhou and Guangxi in the next two years with the ambition to develop it into an international grain logistics base offering grain transhipment, processing, warehousing, trading and futures services.
THE northernmost international seaport in China, Dandong port in Liaoning province, has established 36 inland dry ports in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and eastern Inner Mongolia regions.
Serving as the only sea gateway in eastern northeast China, Dandong port provides the shortest access to sea for goods in the region, reports Xinhua.
It has achieved noticeable results in developing sea-sea, rail-sea intermodal services in domestic ports such as Qingdao, Yantai, Tianjin, Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhangzhou, Zhanjiang, Shenzhen and foreign ports such as Singapore, Pyongtaek, Incheon, Busan and Sakhalin ports. Dandong Port Group CEO Zhang Hongjiang said Dandong port once was a bulk cargo port with small container capacity, however, its container throughput hit 1.25 million TEU last year.
The port is now taking steps to accelerate the construction of large grain logistics base, with four grain berths of 50,000 tonnes built. The Dandong port is stepping towards international stage with modern specialised berth facilities for the grain, coal, ore, container, passenger ro-ro and oil.
It also plans to open more shipping services to southern China's Fujian, Guangzhou and Guangxi in the next two years with the ambition to develop it into an international grain logistics base offering grain transhipment, processing, warehousing, trading and futures services.