At noon on April 10th, surrounded by tugboats at the sea port, the world's largest container ship, MSC IRINA (with a maximum container capacity of 24346 TEUs), slowly docked at the Nansha Phase II container terminal of Guangzhou Port. It only took 17 days to break the historical record of the largest container ship docked in the Nansha Port area.

The world's largest container ship, the Mediterranean Elena, independently developed by China, was launched in March this year and built by Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. The ship has a length of 399.99 meters and a molded width of 61.3 meters; The highest single shell container layer is up to 25 layers, equivalent to the height of a 22 story building; The maximum container capacity is 24346 TEUs, and these containers are arranged in a row on the ground, connecting Guangzhou to Hong Kong. They are truly "sea giants" and "king of cargo".

Assist in building a bridge and link to communicate China Europe economic and trade relations

The berthing operation of the "Mediterranean Irina" will carry intelligent home appliances, photovoltaic products, textiles, furniture and other products produced in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, heading towards the Mediterranean and connecting important ports in multiple countries and regions along the way. With the addition of this ship, there have been 13 large ships equipped with a maximum container capacity of over 19000 TEUs on the Mediterranean AM2 route in the Nansha Port area.

Guangzhou has a long history of maritime trade with Europe. As early as the 18th century, the famous European ocean going merchant ship Gothenburg sailed to Guangzhou three times, witnessing the prosperity and prosperity of the "ancient Maritime Silk Road", which is an important historical mark of Sino European maritime trade. Nowadays, the "Mediterranean Irina" ship departs from Nansha Port and can arrive at the first port in Europe, Italy, in just 23 days, providing further assistance for the continuous smooth operation of the China Europe international trade channel.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the European Union. Recently, during the visits of EU and European leaders to China and the development of important economic and trade relations between China and Europe, Guangzhou Port Group actively collaborated with shipping companies and cargo owners to open up the China Europe trade channel. Fully leverage the bridging role of the European office, assist European and Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area enterprises in connecting with Guangzhou Port's diversified services such as liner routes, sea rail intermodal transportation, logistics and warehousing, promote the stable development of China Europe economic and trade relations, and jointly maintain the security and stability of the industrial chain supply chain.

In response to this berthing operation, the professional operation team of Nansha Phase II of Guangzhou Port adopted a "one ship, one plan" approach, closely communicating with the shipping company and port units on the loading plan, optimizing the operation arrangement throughout the process, and ensuring the safe and timely loading of goods in all aspects through paperless processing. It is reported that in the latest report released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange on the "average in port and in port berthing time of international container ships at major global ports in March", the average in port berthing time and average in port berthing time of Guangzhou Port are both the shortest, and the comprehensive efficiency of the port continues to rank first among major ports in the world.

With the strong support of Guangzhou Customs and Nansha Customs, the "Bay Area One Port Connection" customs clearance model of "one declaration, one inspection, and one release" for imports and exports through Nansha Port Area has been widely launched. Centered around the Nansha hub port, normalized operations have been achieved at 13 inland ports in Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, and other regions, resulting in faster customs clearance time for container imports and exports, higher logistics efficiency, and lower costs, Give new impetus to the customs clearance environment of Nansha Port. Nansha Port Area has achieved 100% paperless export through EDI technology, and paperless import release through blockchain technology. The previous 2-hour on-site processing time has now been compressed to a few minutes through online one click declaration, effectively ensuring smooth operation of cross-border e-commerce and other imported goods in the port.

The Nansha Port area where the "Mediterranean Elena" vessel is docked is the core port area of Guangzhou Port, equipped with globally leading hardware facilities for terminal production management systems. It has built 20 large container berths with a capacity of over 100000 tons and an annual container throughput capacity of over 24 million standard containers. In recent years, with the strong support of port units such as customs, maritime, border inspection, and pilotage, the business environment of the Nansha Port Area of Guangzhou Port has been continuously optimized. Recently, the normalized berthing of super large ships such as the "Eastern Spain" ship, the "COSCO Shipping Sun" ship, and the "Mediterranean Mina" ship has also effectively tested the comprehensive capacity of the port.

As the largest comprehensive hub port in South China, Guangzhou Port Group's cargo throughput and container throughput increased by 1.8% and 2.5% respectively year-on-year in the first quarter, successfully achieving a "good start" and "stable opening" in the first quarter. The total number of foreign trade routes reached 157, with a year-on-year increase of 138.6% in the number of sea rail intermodal containers in the first quarter. The network of port collection and distribution facilities for both land and sea transportation and the port logistics service network serving domestic and foreign trade circulation are accelerating to form. Next, Guangzhou Port Group will also focus on the construction goal of Guangzhou International Shipping Hub, accelerate the promotion of key projects such as the Nansha Port Area International General Terminal Project, Nansha Port Area Phase V Container Project, and Nansha International Sea Rail Intermodal Transport Terminal Project to enhance port energy levels, continuously improve port operation capabilities, vigorously develop smart ports, actively promote cost reduction and efficiency increase, comprehensively optimize the port business environment, and accelerate the construction of the port's "big logistics" system, Promote Nansha to build a major strategic platform based on the Bay Area, collaborating with Hong Kong and Macao, and facing the world, adding strong new momentum to the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area.

Source from: Guangzhou Nansha Port Container Terminal Co., Ltd