November 12, 2020
Abstract : The border port of Erenhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has handled over 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via China-Europe freight trains since 2014, the local railway operator said Wednesday.
HOHHOT, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The border port of Erenhot in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has handled over 200,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via China-Europe freight trains since 2014, the local railway operator said Wednesday.
Since initiating the China-Europe freight train service in May 2014, Erenhot Port has been handling rising numbers of cargo trains.
So far in 2020, a total of 1,970 China-Europe freight trains have passed through the port, an increase of 52.2 percent compared with the same period last year. The number of TEUs handled has reached 200,063, a rise of 64.2 percent year on year.
Erenhot Port, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, has 42 China-Europe freight train routes passing through it. Enditem
Keyword: China-Europe freight trains
China port tops 100 million tonnes in oil, gas throughput
November 19, 2020
Abstract : Ningbo Zhoushan port, China's busiest port in the eastern province of Zhejiang, reported its oil and gas throughput exceeding 100 million tonnes in the first ten months of the year, marking the first time it reached this volume, local authorities said.
HANGZHOU, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Ningbo Zhoushan port, China's busiest port in the eastern province of Zhejiang, reported its oil and gas throughput exceeding 100 million tonnes in the first ten months of the year, marking the first time it reached this volume, local authorities said.
During the period, the port saw a gross throughput of about 105.5 million tonnes in its oil and gas sector, up by 50 percent year on year. Currently, oil and gas have become the major types of goods with the fastest growth rate and the most stable increment at the port, serving as the main driving engine for the port's economic capacity, according to the Zhoushan port navigation and administration bureau.
A total of 569 visits by international oil vessels were recorded at the port, 147 more than that in the same period last year. The volume of oil and gas that arrived at the port amounted to 55.7 million tonnes, an increase of 41.7 percent year on year.
In October, the port signed oil and gas projects totaling 165.6 billion yuan (about 23.89 billion U.S. dollars) during the Second International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference, aiming to accelerate the industry in the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone.
The Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone in Zhoushan has been seeking cooperation with global oil and gas enterprises since its establishment in April 2017. Enditem
Keyword: oil gas Ningbo Zhoushan port
China's Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port registers rise in cargo throughput
November 18, 2020
Abstract : Beibu Gulf Port in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its cargo throughput rise 19.6 percent year on year to about 222 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2020, according to Beibu Gulf Port Group.
NANNING, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Beibu Gulf Port in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its cargo throughput rise 19.6 percent year on year to about 222 million tonnes in the first 10 months of 2020, according to Beibu Gulf Port Group.
The Gulf's container throughput reached 4.024 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) in the period, up 35.1 percent year on year.
The port has witnessed robust growth amid the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the accelerated construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provinces and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the company said.
As an important transit location on the corridor and the closest seaport for inland Chinese provinces, the port saw a total of 3,174 train trips on its land-sea freight route in the first three quarters of the year, surpassing last year's total.
Beibu Gulf Port currently has 268 productive berths. A total of 52 shipping routes link the gulf with ports across the world, including major ASEAN ports, according to the company. Enditem
