Nansha Port became a substitute in the crisis of Yantian Port



        Nansha International Container Terminal is expected to become an alternative to Yantian Port, and Guangdong Province is currently responding to the new crown pneumonia epidemic.


   Guangzhou Port Corporation confirmed on June 7 that the Nansha Port Area is currently operating normally and there are no cases of new coronary pneumonia. The company has also implemented a number of preventive measures for truck drivers to control the risk of the epidemic in the port area.


   Ship tracking data shows that in the case of Yantian congestion, the alliance consisting of Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Yangming and HMM has exchanged stops in Yantian and Nansha. The Alliance’s first visit to the Guangzhou sub-port was on June 2, when the 19,870TEU ship Al Zubara deployed on the FE2 Asia-Europe route called at the port.


   Work together with Guangzhou Port Group to build Nansha into an internationally competitive shipping hub and provide faster and more convenient shipping channels for enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.


   Sailing from East Asia to Europe via Nansha, can provide customers with a convenient transfer from South China to Southampton, Le Havre, and can also transfer to Northwest Africa via Tangier Port. This can better connect with African countries, because the "Belt and Road" initiative has commercial relationships with Chinese companies.


   In addition, as more and more Chinese manufacturers move to the west bank of the Pearl River due to lower rent and labor costs, Nansha is becoming more and more respected as a port of call for ocean routes.


   In the first five months of 2021, Nansha's container throughput increased by 81% year-on-year. In 2020, the port's throughput was 17.17 million TEU, while in 2019, the Chinese port's throughput was 16.78 million TEU.


   After the completion of the Nansha Port Phase 4 development project this year, the annual throughput of the port is expected to exceed 18 million TEU.