SHANGHAI's empty container centre has opened up a unit at the neighbouring Port of Taicang in Suzhou, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News.
The Taicang branch, 60 kilometres upstream from Shanghai, aims to provide sufficient empty containers and convenient container distribution and transshipment services for foreign trading along the upper and mid-reach of Yangtze River.
The ports of shanghai and Taicang started to jointly improve waterway transportation capacity in April and opened up green channel for cargoes to Shanghai which could be transferred at the port of Taicang, and upgraded the land-to-water transport solutions between Shanghai and Taicang especially during the recent Covid-outbreaks in Shanghai.
In April, Taicang port posted a container volume of 627,000 TEU, an increase of 6.7 per cent year on year. Among which, foreign trade volume was 349,000 TEU, increased 15.2 per cent.
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The Taicang branch, 60 kilometres upstream from Shanghai, aims to provide sufficient empty containers and convenient container distribution and transshipment services for foreign trading along the upper and mid-reach of Yangtze River.
The ports of shanghai and Taicang started to jointly improve waterway transportation capacity in April and opened up green channel for cargoes to Shanghai which could be transferred at the port of Taicang, and upgraded the land-to-water transport solutions between Shanghai and Taicang especially during the recent Covid-outbreaks in Shanghai.
In April, Taicang port posted a container volume of 627,000 TEU, an increase of 6.7 per cent year on year. Among which, foreign trade volume was 349,000 TEU, increased 15.2 per cent.
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