The Taicang Port terminal is brightly lit, with brand new domestic cars lining into containers and about to cross the ocean to enter the European market. Behind this efficient overseas channel is a vivid epitome of China COSCO Shipping's innovative approach to connecting the entire chain of vehicle transportation, marking a new level of logistics support for domestic automobile exports.

New breakthroughs in business implementation

Recently, COSCO Shipping's Chery commodity vehicle Taicang Port container export project has achieved outstanding results, with a total of 13052 complete vehicles shipped in three batches, breaking the historical record for complete vehicle transportation business in East China.

Innovative models open up channels

The scale of domestic automobile exports is rapidly increasing. China COSCO Shipping innovates its transportation mode, explores transportation solutions for container loaded commercial vehicles, and relies on the complete route network of container ships and multi-purpose ships to create a new overseas path for car companies. Integrate shipping routes, ports, and multi-purpose shipping capacity resources of COSCO Shipping to form a synergistic operational effect.

The export task is time sensitive, the process chain is long, and the difficulty of coordinating multiple parties is high. The commercial vehicles are collected from various places to Taicang Port, and after completing the packing operation, they are transferred to the port, loaded onto ships, and finally transported to the European region. China COSCO Shipping Group's subsidiary, Shanghai Shipping Group, has quickly established a special working group to coordinate the allocation of container sources, lock in cabin space, and link multiple parties including ports, fleets, shipping companies, and car companies to streamline the entire process of vehicle assembly, loading, port delivery, and loading. All departments work together and provide multiple emergency response plans to ensure the continuous operation and smooth opening of an efficient shipping channel directly to the Italian port of Vado.

Service Upgrade Outlook for the Future

Over the past year, COSCO Shipping has provided container vehicle export services to multiple car companies, with business radiating to key overseas markets such as Europe, the Mediterranean, and Latin America. The business model has also shifted from scattered customized cases in the past to standardized bulk transportation; The service scope extends from a single shipping link to door-to-door full chain logistics services, transforming various practical needs of car companies going global into their own supporting service capabilities. Keywords: COSCO Shipping, full link logistics, the Belt and Road news

In the next step, COSCO Shipping will continue to deepen cooperation with the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, build a supply chain synergy ecosystem, take safety and supply chain resilience as the core support, escort domestic automobile brands to sail, and help build the the Belt and Road with high quality.Editor/Gong Ziwei