China's Tianjin Opens Container Shipping Route to Europe

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China's Tianjin Opens Container Shipping Route to Europe

Tianjin Port, the largest port city in north China, opened a direct container shipping route to Europe on Friday.

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Tianjin Port, the largest port city in north China, opened a direct container shipping route to Europe on Friday.

Dai Xianglong, the newly-elected mayor, attended an ceremony celebrating the first voyage on the new route.

The fifth generation container ship has a maximum freight volume of 5,752 Twenty foot Equivalent Units (TEUs). It sets out every Friday from Tianjin and arrives in Hamburg, Germany 25 days later.

This is the fastest shipping liner between northern Chinese ports and Europe, said a Tianjin Port official.

Tianjin port leads container transport in China and serves as an outlet for goods from central and western parts of China. It has established trade ties with 300 ports in 170 countries and regions.

The port has nine container berths which handle 3.5 million TEUs annually. The port plans to build four new berths and upgrade five existing ones during this year. The port's handling capacity for containers is expected to grow by 1.5 million TEUs by the end of this year.

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