Xiamen Port records container throughput rise during National Day holiday
A photo taken on Oct 4 shows the large-scale container ship MSC Ditte being loaded and unloaded at Songyu Terminal in Xiamen. [Photo/WeChat account: xiamen_swj]
Statistics showed that from Oct 1 to 6, Xiamen Port Holding Group Co's major terminals docked 130 vessels and completed a total container throughput of nearly 150,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs).
The vessels included the 399.9-meter-long MSC Gulsun, which is one of the world's largest container ships that can load 23,000 containers.
The capacity of Xiamen Port to provide services is challenged by busy traffic and operations. To maintain productivity during the National Day holiday, workers at the front of the terminals worked alongside bridge cranes, container trucks, and other mechanical equipment.
Xiamen Port's full development vitality and potential, as well as the city's current economic and social stabilization and progress, were both highlighted by the bustling container shipping business during the holiday.
Bridge cranes and other equipment scurry across the dock loading and unloading containers at Xiamen Port. [Photo/WeChat account: xiamen_swj]
Why Xiamen
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Xiamen is one of the most economically competitive cities in China and was one of the first Special Economic Zones on the Chinese mainland. As a vice-provincial city independently listed on the State development plan, it has provincial-level authority in economic administration and local legislative power. In 2010, the Xiamen SEZ was expanded to cover the entire municipality. Today, Xiamen is a modern and international port city.