By 2025, the shipping volume of general cargo at Longkou Port will reach nearly 4 million tons

Recently, after completing the supervision and customs clearance procedures at Longkou Customs under Qingdao Customs, the "Sunshine Enze" ship loaded 2450 train carriages, pallets and other miscellaneous goods, and departed from Longkou, Shandong to Guinea, Africa.

The "global networking" capability for the export of general cargo at Longkou Port continues to upgrade. By 2025, four new international routes will be opened to Cuba, Nigeria, and other countries, increasing the total number of routes to 20, covering more than 30 ports in more than 20 countries and regions in Africa, South America, Europe, and other regions. The number of radiating countries has increased by 18% year-on-year, and the export goods cover more than 200 categories such as steel, engineering vehicles, and infrastructure equipment, achieving dual optimization of the export market and product structure.

The policy guidance and efficient services provided by the customs have greatly improved our operational efficiency, and the port's' cargo suction 'capacity continues to enhance. More and more goods are actively gathering at Longkou Port, "said Zheng Wei, Business Operations Manager of Longkou Port Group Co., Ltd.

In response to the characteristics of diverse export categories, multiple batches, and strong timeliness of general cargo, we actively connect with ports, shipping companies, and agency enterprises to simplify the document review process, conduct cargo inspection in the first time, and efficiently handle the entry and exit procedures of ships. "Yang Chao, the head of the Logistics Supervision Department of Longkou Customs, introduced that the customs continues to implement facilitation measures such as" advance declaration, "" appointment clearance, "" timely inspection, "and" direct loading upon arrival at port, "greatly reducing the duration of goods in port.

At the same time, the customs actively support the opening of the "railway+foreign trade ship" and "domestic trade ship+foreign trade ship" intermodal transportation modes in ports, achieving seamless integration of vehicles and ships, smoother logistics channels, and more efficient trade exchanges.

Efficient regulatory services and perfect route layout promote the simultaneous improvement of quantity and quality in the export of general cargo at Longkou Port. In 2025, Longkou Port will ship a total of 252 general cargo liners, with an export cargo volume of 3.96 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%, setting a historical record.

Nowadays, Longkou Port is relying on the advantage of a large logistics channel to continue to make efforts in building a "general cargo bulk cargo" return model. We will focus on the construction of a two-way logistics golden channel at the port, work together with the port and enterprises to continuously improve the quality and efficiency of regulatory services, and promote Longkou Port to become an important hub for general cargo logistics in the north, "said Yang Chao. (Shang Mingyan/Wen)