Qinzhou Port expands vessel channel

China’s Qinzhou port in the Beibu Gulf which is hoping to increase container volumes, is widening its shipping channel to accommodate larger container ships.

The Qinzhou Port East Channel expansion project aims to make the port a gateway into Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in western China, by adapting to the increasing size of container ships. It is hoped that the expansion of the channel will achieve annual container throughputs of 10 million TEU.

Launched in July, Phase I of the project will...

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New trade corridor boosts Guangxi industries

Southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has seen its coastal industries enter the fast lane of development thanks to a new trade corridor connecting western China and other countries and regions with land-sea intermodal transport.

The cities on the shoreline of Guangxi’s Beibu Gulf, including Fangchenggang, Qinzhou and Beihai, have become hot spots for investment, as the cities’ ports now serve as an important transit in the rail-sea freight routes under the New International Land-Sea...

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