As the only port-type national logistics hub in the west, Chongqing Orchard Port has gathered large channels such as the Golden Waterway of the Yangtze River, the New Land-Sea Corridor in the West, and the China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing), realizing the four-way channel from east to west, south to north, and four-way combined transportation of water, rail, public and air. .

According to Qu Hong, member of the Party Committee of Chongqing Port Logistics Group Co., Ltd. and deputy general manager of Chongqing Port Co., Ltd., in the first quarter of 2023, Orchard Port will achieve a good start, with a cargo throughput of 6.19 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%; container throughput of 231,000 standard boxes, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%.

From the former small pier for bulk cargo transportation to the largest water-railway-public multimodal transport hub port in my country's inland rivers, in the past ten years, Orchard Port has actively promoted the construction of water transport port functions and international logistics channels, and has gradually become the opening door of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing area. It is a transfer station connecting the world with the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In order to improve logistics efficiency, Orchard Port and China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. have established an information interconnection platform for rail-water intermodal transport to realize the sharing of train information and cargo in-transit and in-port information; connect with Guangxi Qinzhou Port and other ports, and establish a cross-regional customs clearance mechanism; The opening of the Shanghai-Chongqing direct express line has reduced the transportation time from Chongqing to Shanghai by nearly one-third.

Not long ago, dozens of Celes new energy vehicles departed from Yuzui Station of Guoyuan Port in Chongqing on the rail-sea intermodal train of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor.

These cars will eventually be sold to Europe after they are loaded at Qinzhou Port, which effectively saves the transportation time and reduces the operating costs of the enterprise. According to Zhang Xingyan, General Manager of the Overseas Business Department of Sailisi Group Co., Ltd., it takes 30 days to export cars to Indonesia by traditional water transport, but it only takes about 18 days to go through the New Land-Sea Corridor. Relying on the Orchard Port, Chongqing is becoming the largest multimodal transport distribution center for commercial vehicles in Southwest China.

Today, Orchard Port has developed a brand-new logistics pattern—directly reaching the Pacific Ocean through the Yangtze River Shipping in the east, reaching Central Asia and Europe in the west through the China-Europe Railway Express, connecting the Indian Ocean through the New Western Land-Sea Corridor in the south, and connecting the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor in the north Connected to Mongolia, Russia and other countries, the goods can be quickly delivered to more than 300 ports in more than 100 countries and regions around the world.Editor/Ma Xue