Machinery / Industrial Parts & Tools

On May 7, under the on-site supervision of Qingdao Dagang Customs officers affiliated to Qingdao Customs, two export graders were shipped to South Korea via the China-South Korea liner drop-and-hook transportation method. This is also the first time that Shandong has realized “door-to-door” transportation of heavy machinery exports through the “China-Korea Maritime Expressway”.

It is understood that the two motor graders were loaded on the Korean trucks that had previously unloaded roll-on and roll-off of imported goods, and arrived at the customs-supervised operation site of Qingdao Sinotrans Container Warehouse Co., Ltd. After completing the customs clearance, the two heavy machinery will directly enter the "New Golden Bridge No. 5" ro-ro ship with the South Korean trucks. After shipping to the South Korean port, the heavy machinery will be directly connected to the destination with Korean locomotives when disembarking, whether in China or South Korean ports do not need to carry out secondary hoisting.

According to the agreement between the governments of China and South Korea, towed trailers of the two countries can take passenger and freight liners to carry out land-sea combined transportation. "Before we have carried out the whole drop-and-hook transportation business of some instruments. This is our first attempt to transport heavy machinery and equipment by drop-and-hook transportation. It has achieved door-to-door transportation from domestic factories to Incheon, South Korea. The transportation time is improved. It saves 2 to 3 days compared with ordinary sea transportation. In addition, it can save various expenses such as port loading and unloading and logistics. The sea freight is no longer charged according to bulk cargo. This alone can save 500 US dollars." Sinotrans Huazhong Co., Ltd. Xu Guangyao, manager of the logistics department, said that thanks to the active promotion of this mode of transportation by the customs and the establishment of a communication and cooperation mechanism between territorial and port customs to provide enterprises with customs clearance convenience, foreign customers have signed the export contract for the next batch of goods with the company. .

Shandong is adjacent to South Korea. There are 9 passenger and cargo liner routes directly to South Korean ports, with more than 50 round trips per week. In order to make use of the advantages of China-Korea liner routes, Qingdao Customs is committed to building and unblocking the "China-Korea Maritime Expressway". Benefiting from the advantages of dense shipping routes and the convenience of port customs clearance, these liner routes are becoming more and more important in the economic and trade exchanges between China and South Korea. Especially during the epidemic, they have played a role in stabilizing the industrial chain and supply chain. According to the statistics of Qingdao Customs, in the first quarter of this year, the China-South Korea passenger and freight liner routes in Shandong Province carried 94,000 TEUs of import and export goods, a year-on-year increase of 33.9%.

"This door-to-door transportation provides a useful attempt for the import and export of large engineering equipment. While reducing the overall logistics cost of such goods, it also further enriches the transportation function of the "China-Korea Maritime Expressway"." Qingdao Sun Qi, deputy director of the Customs Integrated Business Division, said that Qingdao Customs will continue to promote the construction of the "China-Korea Maritime Expressway", expand logistics channels, and help Shandong use channel advantages to seize RCEP opportunities and accelerate the establishment of a new development pattern for services.