The annual container throughput of Tianjin Port Breaks through 700,000 standard cases

(Enorth.com.cn)According to source from a statistics of Tianjin Port, it made a breakthrough of 700,000 standard cases in container throughput of 2007 and reached the goal of annual container production in advance.Its container throughput kept a rapid growth of 20% in recent years and tanks top 20 of container ports worldwide.

In 2007, Tianjin Port carried out an optimal development strategy of container and speeded up to transfer from a traditional bulk port to a modernized container port. In terms of sea route, it took the chance of transport growth of international shipping market, speeding up to build the container dock, enlarging sci-tech investment into the container business and improving the process of container business, thus uplifting operational efficiency and service level of port container by a big margin. At present, its loading and unloading efficiency of container came up the top nationwide and reached the first class worldwide. At the same time, its good-quality and high-effective container operation attracted many large-scaled shipping companies. In 2007, Tianji Port, as one of important foreign trade port of China, opened 10-odd container routes and kept a total regular ship route of over 100. Regarding market development, it put to “send service to hinterland”, fully brought into play the advantages of the most convenient passage to sea in Chinese mainland, popularized port functions, expanded service channel, developed source of goods and built “non-water ports” in Shijianzhuang and Zhengzhou; on that basis, Tianjin Port beefed up cooperation with railway and traffic sectors, extended to highway network in Three North by relaying on the most advanced Beijing-Tianjin railway terminal. It offers convenient material import and export services, at the same time creating favorable conditions for the growth of port container throughput.