In Yangcheng in spring, the sea breeze at Nansha Port Wharf is warm. A 10,000-ton ocean-going cargo ship is berthing and sailing at the port. Rows of cranes shuttle up and down loading and unloading containers, and the port is busy.
At noon on April 10th, with the sound of the whistle and the close cooperation of the tugboat, the world's largest container ship "Mediterranean Irina" made in China berthed steadily at the Nansha Phase II Container Terminal of Guangzhou Port.
On the freight yard next to the wharf, a batch of artificial stones, ceramic tiles and other goods have been transported from Foshan to Nansha through the "Bay Area One Port" model. After the "Mediterranean Irina" ship is berthed, it can be loaded and exported. To Egypt, Italy, Spain, United Arab Emirates and other countries and regions.
The ship "Mediterranean Irina" berthing this time is an out-and-out "Made in China" with completely independent intellectual property rights. The ship has a total length of 399.99 meters, a width of 61.3 meters, and a maximum container capacity of 24,346 TEU, which has once again refreshed Nansha Port The historical record of berthing large container ships is a veritable "big mac" and "cargo king" at sea. The ship is expected to leave the port on April 11 after completing cargo loading at Nansha Port in Guangzhou.
Nansha is located in the geographic and geometric center of the Greater Bay Area, and is truly the heart of the Bay Area. Nansha Port is an important foreign economic and trade hub port in South China. The surrounding logistics infrastructure is complete, the source of goods is abundant, and the logistics demand is strong. In order to ensure the smooth berthing of large container ships such as the "Mediterranean Irina", Nansha Customs under Guangzhou Customs, on the basis of further promoting the construction of smart seaports, implements paperless handling of ship verification, loading and unloading of marine materials, etc. "Green channel", and at the same time do a good job in related work such as medical inspections to ensure the health and safety of the ship during its port call.
In order to serve the detailed implementation of the "Nansha Plan" and accelerate the establishment of a major cooperation platform between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in Nansha, Guangzhou, Guangzhou Customs focuses on supporting the construction of an international shipping and logistics hub in Nansha, continues to promote customs clearance reforms, optimizes the port business environment, and innovatively implements the "One-Port Link in the Bay Area" New logistics models such as "consolidation of goods in Nansha, export of China-Europe trains" and "export of inland goods by sea-rail combined transport" have promoted the formation of a three-dimensional "sea, land, air, and rail" trade logistics hub centered on Nansha, Guangzhou, and radiating the entire Pan-Pearl River Delta region , to further expand the advantages and radiation range of ocean shipping.
In the first quarter of this year, there were 151 foreign trade liner routes in Nansha Port Area, involving a container throughput of 4.302 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%.