Hutchison Ports Yantian has increased the daily gate-in quota for export laden containers to 13,000, aiming to facilitate a smooth and efficient flow of container traffic during the peak season.
The increased capacity is effective from August 1 to September 30, 2022.
In addition, the terminal has optimised the “e-Pickup” platform and the “Pre-Advice System” to improve the efficiency of the reservation system for the gate-in of export laden containers.
From 06:00AM to 10:00AM every day, the system is open to the reservation for export laden containers within ETB-4 days (within four days before the expected berthing date of the vessel), and for export laden containers within ETB-7 days after 10:00AM.
Looking to meet the trend of increasing deployment of mega-vessels among the maritime industry and the growing demand of the customers, Yantian recently completed the berth upgrade and quay crane heightening project.
After accommodating six 400-m-long vessels concurrently in July, the operator believes that simultaneous calls of six 200,000-DWT vessels will become a new norm and a common occurrence at its quay side.
According to the company, the enhancement has enabled it to be more agile and resilient to serve mega-vessels in the peak season.
Between January and July, Yantian received 14 new weekly liner calls, including America, Europe, Intra-Asia, and Australia services.
It has also expanded its intermodal service network to China’s vast hinterland, establishing nine inland ports and opening 26 intermodal services, extending the terminal functions to the major cargo catchment areas of the country.
The nine inland ports comprise Changping, Heyuan, Heshan, Pinghu South, Longchuan and Jiangmen in Guangdong province, Ganzhou in Jiangxi province, Liling and Yueyang in Hunan province.
