Zhejiang's first river container terminal starts operation

JIAXING International Container Feeder Port, the first river container terminal in eastern China's Zhejiang province has started operation, Xinhua reports.

The feeder terminal allows local shippers within 70 kilometres to go through customs procedures at a nearer place. It also offers waterway intermodal service to the port of Shanghai, reducing about 20 per cent of cost for shippers and one third of carbon emission compared to the old way of transportation according to estimation.

Jiaxing International Container Feeder Port is located on the Shanghai-Hangzhou Canal, taking up 320,000 square metres. It has eight 1,000-tonne berths with an annual capacity of 2.5 million TEU.

The maiden sailing from the terminal uses a ship that can carry 75 TEU, equalling to the capacity of 38 container trucks.
(Source:www.schednet.com)