Pre cargo station carrying cargo 'takes off'

At 3:00 pm on December 23rd, a truck loaded with household appliance parts slowly started and, after being fully automated and supervised by customs, drove towards Shanghai Pudong International Airport. According to the plan, this batch of goods will take a flight to overseas in the early morning of the 24th.

The pre cargo terminal is not only a logistics node, but also a 'test field' for the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta. As the first cross provincial and cross customs aviation pre cargo terminal in China, it provides' doorstep air transportation 'services for Suzhou enterprises through the' pre aviation security inspection, pre customs inspection, and pre supporting service 'model, "said Gu Chao, Deputy General Manager of the Business Development Department of Suzhou Industrial Park Hanggang Logistics Co., Ltd.

At the beginning of 2024, Yu Jianying, the head of Xinda Biotechnology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., was still worried about the cost and transportation risks of exporting cold chain drugs. Previously, the entire process of transporting goods from the factory to the airport was operated by freight forwarders in the traditional mode, which took at least two to three days, "said Yu Jianying." The drug constant temperature box relies on dry ice insulation. Once the process is delayed, the dry ice will evaporate. It costs 3000 yuan to replenish the dry ice at the airport. If the replenishment is not made up for the flight on the same day, it will have to be replenished the next day

With the continuous promotion of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, this problem has finally ushered in an opportunity to be solved. In April 2025, the first cross provincial and cross customs aviation pre cargo terminal in China will be officially put into use. This 2700 square meter logistics node will transfer core functions such as customs inspection, civil aviation security check, and cargo grouping from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Suzhou, spanning 130 kilometers and providing more convenient and efficient air transportation services for Suzhou enterprises.

The Suzhou Industrial Park Customs under Nanjing Customs is based on the overall development of the Yangtze River Delta integration, promoting innovation in regulatory models through technological means, and building a new paradigm of cross district collaborative supervision, providing new ideas for regional coordinated development.

Nanjing Customs and Shanghai Customs have worked together to successfully establish a data channel between the Shanghai and Nanjing Customs districts. On the basis of the application of secure intelligent lock technology, the automation function of the transfer verification node has been added this time, making customs supervision more efficient and convenient. "Chen Yu, the head of the Supervision Department of the Customs Office in Weiting, Suzhou Industrial Park, said," On December 12th, the automatic verification of the first export goods transfer data was successfully completed, marking that all logistics supervision nodes of the customs have achieved 7 × 24 hour automated and intelligent operation

Nowadays, each shipment is loaded from the former cargo terminal to Pudong Airport, with a stable transportation time of about 12 hours, saving more than 60% of transportation time. Previously, we were always worried that the goods would not catch up with the flight and affect the delivery of orders. Now that the transportation time is guaranteed, we dare to accept international orders with shorter cycles. "Yu Jianying is full of confidence in the company's future prospects for expanding overseas markets. As of now, this front-end cargo terminal has supervised the export of 427 shipments and 413 tons of goods, covering 37 countries and regions worldwide. (Tang Zheng/Wen)