Quanzhou port coast opened the first direct shipping line to Indonesia

On the 15th, under the supervision of Quanzhou Customs, "Royal 88", a Vietnamese cargo ship carrying 4600 tons of Indonesian kaolin from Belitung Island of Indonesia, was successfully unloaded at Huajin Terminal of Jinshang Operation Area on the coast of Quanzhou Port.This is the first direct foreign trade ship ushered in after the expansion of Quanzhou port coast opening, but also officially opened the first Quanzhou port coast direct to Indonesia shipping routes.So far, the total number of "Belt and Road" shipping routes opened by Quanzhou port has reached 11. As an important starting point of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road", Quanzhou has continued to warm up the trade with the "Belt and Road" countries. Huajin Terminal is an important part of Quanzhou Bay Port Area, the existing three 35,000-ton berths, mainly engaged in container, bulk cargo business, is expected to add 1 million tons of foreign trade throughput.

Lv Qingbai, general manager of Huajin Terminal, said that the first direct shipping route to Indonesia opened, shipped to the domestic demand for high-quality kaolin, promoting Quanzhou and the construction of "One Belt, One Road" national cooperation, to achieve complementary resources, mutual benefit and win-win situation. Ltd. General Manager Zhang Zhimin introduction, this batch of kaolin imported from Indonesia, mainly to meet the Jinjiang, Nan'an and other ceramic tile, sanitary ware and other ceramic enterprise needs, but also will radiate Jiangxi, Hunan and other ceramic production areas. Compared with the original import from Xiamen port, the dock to the enterprise is only more than 30 kilometers, more than 40 minutes to, per ton can save logistics costs of about 50 yuan, is expected to achieve business volume of 300,000 tons per year.