The China India Express 2 (CI2) jointly launched by Interasia Lines and Wan Hai Lines debuted in Nansha Port on October 26.
The CI2 has the following port rotation: Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Nansha, China; Port Klang, Malaysia; Konkan and Nhava Sheva, Indian; and Port Klang, Malaysia, with a total capacity of 5 * 2000 TEUs or so. And it berths at Nansha Port each Friday. The opening of this route added Port Konkan in India as a new destination.
Nansha Port (Photo/ Zhu Ziqiang Nanfang Daily)
Taking advantage of the Pearl River Delta, a high-quality economic region, exported goods departing from the Nansha Port include household appliances and ceramic tiles from Zhongshan and Foshan to cities in western India. Nansha Port also offers one of the best options with relatively short distance and time as well as low logistics cost.
It is reported that most new routes in Guangzhou Port are headed for Southeast Asia and more European and American ocean routes, including THE Alliance, direct shipping routes to the west coast of the United States of Sea Leads Shipping and of CULines, and the route to Canada of T. S. Lines, have chosen to berth in Nansha Port this year.
With 20 additional marine lines for foreign trade, Guangzhou Port now has 140 lines in total, covering destinations in Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, East Africa, Europe, America and linking over 400 ports in more than 100 countries and regions. As a section of Guangzhou Port, Nansha Port has opened 134 trade lanes, taking up a huge majority within the Guangzhou Port.
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