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China-Europe Ship Express opens route to Wilhelmshaven

At around 1:30 pm on December 30, with the sound of the whistle, the “KAWA Ningbo” ship carrying goods from CATL and BYD batteries slowly left Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and headed towards Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This marks the successful maiden voyage of the “China-Europe Ship Express” from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port to Wilhelmshaven Port, and the birth of the “fastest ship route” from the Yangtze River Delta area of China to Europe.

With the development of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the deepening of China-Europe industrial cooperation, the commercial logistics has also developed to a higher level, posing higher requirements and more challenges to traditional supply chain services. In November of this year, Zhejiang Port Logistics Group Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding with KAWA Shipping (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., China-Europe Commercial Logistics Cooperation Park, and Wilhelmshaven Port Container Terminal Marketing Co., Ltd. to jointly start the “China-Europe Ship Express” service, and work together to build a “maritime highway” connecting the Yangtze River Delta area and northwestern Europe.

Reportedly, this “China-Europe Ship Express” is a point-to-point direct route between Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and Wilhelmshaven Port, without any transshipment ports. The transit time for goods is only 26 days, which is about 12 days less than the traditional method, making it the fastest direct route from Ningbo-Zhoushan Port to Europe.

With the “China-Europe Ship Express”, the “Warehouse for Port Dangerous Goods (Class 9)” jointly launched by Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and Wilhelmshaven Port has opened for trial operation on December 3, German time, accelerating the construction of a cross-border trade distribution center and a new energy product distribution center to Europe.

The trade bridge built by the “China-Europe Ship Express” service will open up new ideas for the two-way development of the Chinese and European economies. The new mode of “sea-rail intermodal express + China-Europe Ship Express + overseas warehouse” for cross-border e-commerce, which has become a new logistics initiative for Ningbo-Zhoushan Port to link the world, attracting more enterprises to participate in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, and contributing Chinese wisdom and strength to the prosperity of world trade

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