Port reports cargo throughput of 2.24m tons in Jan

In January of this year, the cargo throughput of the Guoyuan Port National Logistics Hub in Liangjiang New Area, Southwest China's Chongqing municipality, reached 2.24 million metric tons.

This volume indicates a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent.

At the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle Work Promotion Conference that was held on Feb 18, a proposal was made to accelerate the construction of a strategic hub that will promote the coordinated development of the Belt and Road Initiative, Yangtze River Economic Belt, and New Western Land-Sea Corridor.

To date, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, Yangtze River Golden Waterway, and China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) have been seamlessly connected. In January of this year, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor (Guoyuan Port) oversaw the operation of 84 trains, effectively promoting the development and opening up of the western China.

Over the same period, the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Multimodal Transport Demonstration Base handled 2,600 standard containers, a year-on-year increase of 62.5 percent. These containers have a circulation value of approximately 515.5 million yuan ($71.81 million).

On Jan 16, the Guoyuan Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone successfully exported its first batch of new energy vehicles.