Breakthrough of 20 million tons! Yantai Port's breakbulk cargo liner business accelerates its pace.

On November 10, a cargo ship loaded with 27,000 tons of mechanical equipment and engineering vehicles set sail from Yantai Port of Shandong Port, heading to Tanzania in Africa. For the first time, the shipping volume of Yantai Port's breakbulk cargo liners exceeded 20 million tons, showcasing the robust growth momentum of Yantai Port's specialized breakbulk cargo terminal.

During ship operations, with the efficient collaboration of port departments such as Yantai Customs, maritime affairs, and border inspection, Yantai Port United International General Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd. leveraged five major systems: intelligent dispatch, intelligent tallying, intelligent stowage, automated operations, and tool intelligent management. These enabled full coverage of intelligent stowage, smart dispatch, and intelligent tallying, achieving all-element intelligent coordination of cargo, yard, vehicles, and ships, as well as full-chain low-carbon operation. While ensuring safe production, Yantai Port maximized the compression of ship berthing time, achieved zero-error cargo stowage, and a 100% contract fulfillment rate. The quality and efficiency of loading have been highly praised by both cargo owners and ship operators, further enhancing the "ALL-LIFT United International" world-class specialized breakbulk cargo terminal brand.

Logistics is the "iron lifeline" of the real economy, and breakbulk multimodal transportation is a "powerful engine" for the transnational circulation of significant equipment. As the breakbulk cargo base of Shandong Port, Yantai Port has developed along the "three-directional" development path, forming a development pattern of "four ports linkage and complementary advantages," which includes Zhifu Bay Port Area, Longkou Port Area, Penglai Port Area, and Laizhou Port Area. This has established a professional handling system covering all categories of large cargo items, such as wind power equipment, rail transit, and engineering machinery, accommodating over 200 types of goods. Relying on specialized breakbulk cargo terminals and full-chain service capabilities, cargo sources have extended to 12 inland provinces across the country, gradually forming a "inland production—port hub—global market" supply chain service system.

This year, Yantai Port has continuously expanded its international breakbulk cargo liner network, adding five new international breakbulk cargo liner routes to Algeria, Senegal, Namibia, Djibouti, and Romania. The total number of routes has reached 37, covering more than 30 countries and regions worldwide, serving destinations in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Europe, and more.

The African market has performed particularly well. Focusing on its positioning as the "starting port of the China-Africa Logistics Golden Corridor," Yantai Port has deeply cultivated the "new blue ocean" of African infrastructure projects, continuously increasing the frequency of China-Africa liner routes, maintaining an average of over 30 voyages per month. In the first three quarters of this year, the shipping volume along Yantai Port's China-Africa breakbulk cargo liner routes exceeded 8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 93%, marking a historical high. Currently, the average operating efficiency of breakbulk cargo ships at Yantai Port has reached 8,921 cubic meters per day, while the average loading efficiency of China-Africa liner routes has reached 11,000 cubic meters per day, both leading the industry.