Frontline staff members atShandong Port Group (SPG) worked hard to promote port operations while carrying outepidemic prevention and control protocols during the National Day holiday, which took place fromOct 1 to 7. The port group’soverall cargo throughput increased 6.8 percent year-on-year, andits container volume rose 8.5 percent year-on-year.Bothof which set records.
The Qingdao Port Container Terminal wasbustling with 8,000-twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU)and above container shipsduring the sevenday holiday.
The port’s average quay crane efficiency hit 32.4 moves per hour during the container shipMATHILDEMAERSK’s handling operations, completing the vessel handling 1.3 hours ahead of schedule. With the shipMARIT MAERSK’s productivity reaching 300 transfers per hour, the port set a new record forMAERSK’s European service. Additionally, it reached a record high by handling 124 oversize containers for the shipCMA CGM COCHIN.
The dry bulk cargo operations at Qingdao Port also went well. Between the shipNANSHA HONORandShandong Feiyue, the QiangangBranch ofSPG set a record of 53,000 metric tons for single-ship direct mixing, saving 12 hours.
It is expected that Rizhao Port’s cargo volume rise 5.1 percent year-on-year, and the port refreshed six various production records during the break. Meanwhile, it handled 173 vessels, an increase of5.5 percent year-on-year, including 25 mega-vessels, an increase of8.7 percent year-on-year. Furthermore, the portset two records forloading4,400 wagons daily, an increase of30 percent year-on-year, and loading 3,400 wagons with iron oredailyan increase of43.5 percent year-on-year.
It is expected that Bohai Bay Port will handle 480,000 tons of cargos, an increase of25 percent year-on-year,and 6,000 TEUs of containers, which is the same asthe previous year.
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