[photopress:logisits_Maerskaaa_1_2.jpg,full,alignright]Maersk line, the world’s largest container shipping company, has transferred its foreign container business in the Qingzhou Terminal at the Mawei Port Area of the Port of Fuzhou, Southeast China, to the Jiangyin Port Area.
The Jiangyin Port Area, with deeper water than the Qingzhou Terminal, has a processing area for exported products, 283,000 sq m of logistics yard, a dedicated passenger line between Jiangyin and Fuzhou and 25 hectares of container yard at the 100,000-tonnage No. 3 and No. 2 container berths.
To adds to this there will be a bonded logistics area and other supporting facilities such as gas station and bank offices.
Maersk line expects to handle 100,000 containers in the Jiangyin Port Area this year.
This is part of an overall expansion in shipping routes and a drive to promote more cargo sources.
Source: CargoNews Asia