Heilongjiang Lighthouse International Logistics Co., Ltd.

The total volume of foreign trade turnover of the resort city of Sanya /prov. Hainan, South China/ soared to 24.23 billion yuan /about $3.4 billion/ in 2023, up 13.1 percent from 2022, with duty-free goods playing a vital role. U.S. dollars/, up 13.1 percent from 2022, with duty-free goods playing a vital role, the local customs office said on Sunday.

In 2023, imports of duty-free goods into Sanya city rose 25.5 percent to 10.76 billion yuan. They accounted for 44.4 percent of the city's total imports and exports.

Exports and imports of private enterprises rose 2.8 times, and those with foreign investment rose 2.1 times.

Last year, the EU, Switzerland and Japan became Sanya's three largest trading partners.

During the reporting period, cosmetics and toiletries were the main imported goods, with imports totaling 5.67 billion yuan in value, taking up 27.2 percent of the city's total imports for the whole of 2023.

A new air cargo route connecting Huahu Airport in Ezhou city /province of Hubei/ with Pakistan's Lahore was launched on Saturday morning, SF Airlines, the largest air cargo airline in China's fleet, said. Hubei, Central China, to Pakistan's Lahore, SF Airlines, China's largest cargo airline by fleet size, said.

The Ezhou-Lahore cargo route is the first international air cargo route launched by SF Airlines this year, departing from Huahu Airport, which is China's first cargo-oriented airport, the airline said.

Flights on the new cargo route will operate three times a week. According to the aforementioned airline, this air route will allow a total of about 300 tons of cargo to be transported weekly and will serve as an efficient and stable logistics corridor for the development of trade and economic ties between China and Pakistan.

Huahu Airport in Ezhou was put into operation in July 2022 and functions as a transportation hub for cargo and a branch for passenger traffic. It opened its first international cargo route in April 2023.

SF Airlines, the aviation arm of China's leading courier company SF Express, has so far launched a total of 11 international air cargo routes from Ezhou to destinations around the world, the airline said in a statement.

An ultra-large container ship named "OOCL Valencia" left the waters of the Yangtze River in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Tuesday for sea trials.

With a total length of 399.99 meters and a width of 61.3 meters, the new vessel can hold 24,188 standard containers /TEU, twenty-foot equivalent unit/. Its deck area is approximately the size of 3.5 standard soccer fields.

The vessel's maximum cargo capacity of 228,000 tons makes it one of the largest container ships in the world, said Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd, which built the OOCL Valencia.

The container ship boasts greatly improved operating efficiency and meets the green, low-carbon and smart development trends of the shipping industry.

"OOCL Valencia" is the seventh of 12 environmentally friendly vessels that have been ordered by shipowner Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. to carry 24,188 TEUs. These container ships are planned to be used on the Asia-Europe routes operated by this company.

A freight train loaded with auto parts, household appliances, mechanical equipment and other goods left Lianyungang city, Jiangsu Province, China. Jiangsu /Eastern China/. It will cross the state border at the Khorgos border crossing in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China and arrive in Central Asia. It is the first freight train to leave Lianyungang in 2024 as part of the China-Europe international rail freight routes.

On November 27, a train carrying 100 TEUs of daily commodities was sent from Yiwu West Station to Beilun Port Station of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Railway, meaning that the cumulative business volume of "Yiwu-Ningbo Zhoushan Port" sea-railway intermodal transportation has exceeded 800,000 TEUs over the past years, of which this year, it has completed 145,000 TEUs, ranking the first in the business volume of a single line of Ningbo Zhoushan Port. This year, it has completed 145,000 TEUs, ranking first in the business volume of single line of sea-rail intermodal transportation in Ningbo Zhoushan Port.

　　Since the opening of "Yiwu-Ningbo Zhoushan Port" sea-railway intermodal transportation line in February 2009, the sea-railway intermodal transportation team of Ningbo Zhoushan Port has been relying on the construction of "One Belt, One Road" and "YiYong-Zhou" open channel, "sixth port area" construction and other policy superposition advantages, strengthen close collaboration with the railroad, shipping companies, port units, etc., in Yiwu and the surrounding areas to actively promote the "public to iron" business, to expand high-quality sources of goods, and continue to promote Yiwu sea-rail intermodal business to achieve high-quality development. At the same time, the team will actively promote the "public to rail" business in Yiwu and neighboring areas to expand high-quality cargo sources and continuously promote the high-quality development of Yiwu sea-rail transportation business. At the same time, the team according to market demand, continue to innovate the whole bill of lading (CCA) and other business models, has reached a business cooperation with 17 shipping companies, the opening of a number of shipping companies special trains, in order to realize the function of the seaport to the inland move forward, gathering shipping service advantages to empower.

　　This year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port sea-rail intermodal transport team continue to optimize the operation of the security, opened in late July Yiwu to Ningbo Zhoushan Port point-to-point circular train, from the plan to declare, loading and dispatching to the time limit for the arrival of the goods in Hong Kong in 48 hours, through the "one-stop to the end" mode of transportation along the way without grouping, to help our province's foreign trade enterprises to significantly save transport time and cost; in the relevant shipping companies to achieve the function of the seaport to the inland forward to gather the advantages of shipping services to empower. With the support of relevant policies, the opening of land port of embarkation, sea-rail transportation tax rebate business and export goods "direct loading" mode further promotes the facilitation of export trade and attracts more enterprises to take goods to Ningbo Zhoushan Port.