Chinese port giant has started the operation of two brand-new berths that can increase theannual handling capacity of Quanzhou Pacific Container Terminal to 3m teu.

COSCO Shipping Ports has launched two new container berths to strengthen the position of Ouanzhou PacifContainer Terminal. which it operates in Fuiian province. southeast ChinaThe fifth and sixth berths, when they become fully operational once supporting facilities are ready, would boostthe terminal's annual handling capacity to 3m teu from the current level of 1.8m teu, said the Chinese portgiant.

Cosco Shipping Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line had also started two new services to Southeast Asito drive volumes at the terminal. according to the statement.

One connects to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam via Singapore, while the other links to Klang, Malaysia and thenSurabava,Indonesia.

These routes could pave the way for Ouanzhou to further extend its reach to other countries in China's “Beltand Road”infrastructure project, including Europe, Middle East and Africa, said CSP.

Located in between Fuzhou and Xiamen, two other large port cities in the province, Ouanzhou is a majorexporter of agriculture products, such as tea. Other important industries include textiles, footwear, fashion ancapparel, ceramics and machinery.

Domestic trade accounts for most of the port's throughput volume, which stood at about 2m for 2022.

The Cosco terminal, a joint venture with state-owned Ouanzhou Habour Group, is the largest containeihandling facility there, and saw handlings increase 6.8% to 1.3m teu last year. 

It has ioined the growing number of Chinese box terminals to have deploved autonomous tractors using 5Cbacked high-precision positioning technologies in order to enhance effciency and shore power to reduceemissions at quay.

by Cichen,  lloydslistintelligence