Heilongjiang Lighthouse International Logistics Co., Ltd.

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.

Building a multidimensional Belt and Road connectivity network. China will speed up high-quality development of the China-Europe Railway Express, participate in the trans-Caspian international transportation corridor, host the China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation Forum, and make joint efforts to build a new logistics corridor across the Eurasian continent linked by direct railway and road transportation. We will vigorously integrate ports, shipping and trading services under the “Silk Road Maritime,” and accelerate the building of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and the Air Silk Road.

Two of the largest container shipping companies, Maersk and CMA CGM have decided to collaborate on decarbonisation initiatives. Both ocean carriers believe that working together can assist in accelerating the green transition in shipping.

CMA CGM and Maersk have established a net-zero target for their shipping businesses, have found scalable technologies that can have an impact this decade and have already taken steps to promote maritime decarbonisation.

Additionally, both companies are investing in new green vessels. Maersk has placed an order for vessels that can run on bio/e-methanol, while the French shipping line has placed orders for LNG-propelled ships that can also run on bio/e-methane, the new green equivalent to current LNG, as well as vessels that can run on bio/e-methanol.