On the evening of September 9, the world's first "smart zero-carbon" terminal efficiently completed the loading and unloading of the 23534 standard container ship "Mediterranean Alina", breaking the record of single voyage operation of container ships in Tianjin Port (previously the largest loading and unloading of 20,000 standard containers), and also created a record of single voyage operation of my country's automated container terminals, showing the "hard core" strength of Tianjin Port as an international hub port.

In order to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the "Mediterranean Alina", Tianjin Port Second Container Terminal Co., Ltd. has fully utilized the technical advantages of the "smart zero-carbon" terminal. Feng Miao, manager of the company's operation department, introduced: "We use real-time internal dynamic adjustment of the operation plan to achieve efficient connections in all links, adopt the "mounting and unloading" process, and cooperate with the "ship-side-side straight lifting" operation model to maximize the pressure reduction of loading and unloading "hongfeng"; at the same time, we actively coordinate the shipping company to adjust the loading chart, connect with the yard fleet, targeted improvement of transportation efficiency, and achieve large-throughput loading and unloading balance. With the help of intelligent means, the ship, port and external yard fleets work together to achieve efficient coordination."

It is reported that the cargo loaded on the "Mediterranean Alina" includes cars and accessories from inland hinterland enterprises, tomato sauce, steel coils, bicycles, chemicals and other special products. It will be routed along the Mediterranean West Africa route to India, Singapore, Vietnam, Ghana, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo (Brazza), and other countries, adding a new footnote to the smooth opening of domestic and international dual circulation logistics channels.

As the strategic fulcrum of the Maritime Silk Road and the land-sea intersection of the "Belt and Road", Tianjin Port continues to weave a tight international route network. Since the beginning of this year, many new routes along the "Belt and Road" such as the Mediterranean Shipping Europe Line and the Maersk Southeast Asia Line have been opened one after another. The "Belt and Road" routes that are operating stably carry more than 60% of foreign trade cargo traffic. This route network that runs through land and sea provides a more stable and convenient maritime logistics channel for economic and trade exchanges between inland hinterlands such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the Three Norths and countries jointly built the "Belt and Road" system.

Tianjin Haozhihang International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. has been deeply engaged in the industry for more than 20 years. This time, the goods they represent will be exported to Africa with ships. Yang Wentai, business manager of the company, said: "As the trade exchanges between SCO member states and countries jointly built the Belt and Road Initiative, our company's international freight forwarding business is in good momentum, and Tianjin Port's high-quality and efficient port services have provided convenience for our business development, and we are becoming more and more confident in the future."

It is understood that the Mediterranean West Africa route has been on-line for 10 years, and the ship type is currently upgraded to 24,000 TEU. Departing from Tianjin Port, passing through South Korea and Singapore, it arrives in West African countries such as Ghana, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Cameroon. The average single voyage work box volume in port exceeds 12,000 TEUs.

Tianjin Port Group closely coordinated and cooperated with port units to implement the "Efficiency in Bohai" brand service, deepened the "five guarantees, five is the case" and "three zero" service measures, and strengthened port resource coordination in accordance with the characteristics of ships and production actual situations. Wang Qi, manager of the liner department of China Tianjin Foreign Shipping Agency Co., Ltd., said: "We have achieved the connection between customers and port collection business through the 'Tiangang Connect' platform, and actively coordinated with port departments such as customs, maritime, border inspection, etc., so as to reduce the import joint inspection time by 30%, and the customs clearance time of import and export goods by more than 20%, and the goods are seamlessly connected with "direct lifting and direct loading".

Tianjin Port Group has always insisted on covering the main sources of goods in North China with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei as the center, radiating to many provinces, cities and autonomous regions in the central and western regions, serving the deep interconnection of the industrial chain and supply chain, and helping to build a new pattern of high-level opening up. In the next step, Tianjin Port will make every effort to build an upgraded version of the smart green hub port, expand the route network, optimize the multimodal transport system, and strive to build an important strategic fulcrum for the northern region of my country to connect the domestic and international dual circulation, help the regional industrial chain and supply chain to deeply integrate into the global market, and write more "hard core" answers in the smooth dual circulation.

Reporter Li Wenbo Photographer Wu Di