Xiamen builds Southeast China International Shipping Centre

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SOUTHEAST China's Xiamen has started construction on its Southeast China International Shipping Centre project, building 18 main facilities with at a cost CNY16.73 billion (US$2.63 billion), reports Xinhua. The project is part of Xiamen's new infrastructure facilities aimed at boosting the city's tourism and shipping industries, local officials said. The Southeast China International Shipping Centre package project contains will include a 100,000-tonne luxury cruise liner, the first of its kind in China, a cruise terminal, a shipping business centre, and a pelagic automated container terminal and so on. The facilities, all located in the Haicang district of Xiamen city near the Taiwan Strait, are key to further developing the city as a future shipping hub in south east China, and they are expected to drive the economic growth of the region, said Kang Tao, deputy mayor of Xiamen. The project's goal is to increase the shipping and tourism sectors of the city of Xiamen, where the port is currently used to handle manufactured goods for export. Details of the cruise projects were not publicised, but local media had previously reported that the cruise liner, with its estimated cost of CNY3.1 billion, would not likely undergo sea trials until 2018. "The cruise industry gives Xiamen's struggling shipbuilders a good chance to move up the industry value chain by focusing on building luxury cruise ships," said Chen Yumin, an official with Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry. The cruise industry is believed to be part of Xiamen's economic structural reform to shift focus to domestic consumption, particularly from the booming middle class to spur economic growth. Xiamen was well known for its concentration of export-oriented factories until the boom of its tourism in recent years, leading the city to becoming one of China's top leisure centres.

Xiamen July container volume increases 10.5pc to 630,000 TEU in July

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XIAMEN, the largest port in southeast China's Fujian province across the straits from Taiwan, saw its container throughput climb 10.5 per cent year on year to 630,000 TEU in July. Domestic cargo grew 21.5 per cent to 140,000 TEU, according to Xinhua. In the same month, the port's throughput grew 13.7 per cent to 15.39 million tonnes. 49.11 million tonnes were foreign trade cargo, up 7.4 per cent. The report said Xiamen has successfully reversed the slow down in container growth, thanks to its effort in attracting domestic trade cargo in a time when foreign trade market is gloomy.

Port of Xiamen's first half throughput rises 12pc

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Southeast China's Xiamen port posted a 12 per cent first half growth in throughput to 3.21 million TEU, reports Xinhua. The port expects to increase productivity with 16 new berths and reach a cargo throughput of over 20 million tonnes with a goal to hit an annual throughput of 400 million tonnes. The port had 17 international cruise ships call at and transported 25,968 passengers, coupled with a new night cruise service from Xiamen to nearby Jinmen, previously known as Quemoy.

Shipco Transport seeks new opportunities with new office in Xiamen

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SHIPCO Transport has expanded its presence in Asia with its new office in Xiamen, China, which opened on August 1 is able to provide international freight services. Located at the International Shipping Centre, just steps away from the Customs & Excise Bureau and customs brokers, the new office is situated in the middle of the Haicang and Xingyu Terminal. Justin Sun will lead Shipco Xiamen as general manager. "Justin comes to us with over 15 years of industry knowledge," said Herbert Lee, regional director for south China. "His experience in previous managerial positions in Fuzhou and Xiamen coupled with his Fujianese background makes him a perfect fit to develop our customer relations in the area." Along with Mr Sun, Shipco Xiamen has assembled an experienced team of customer service representatives capable of handling a full range of ocean freight services. "Being as close as we are to a large deepwater port well connected to mainland China puts Shipco Xiamen in a unique position," said Mr Lee. "We are able to offer a diverse, neutral, service portfolio to major ports in the US, UK and intra-Asia." Shipco offers direct consolidation services from Xiamen to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, Felixstowe, Singapore and Hong Kong. "We look forwards to rapid growth of our direct services in and out of the area," Mr Lee said. This development comes as Shipco has aggressively been growing its intra-Asia services on the back of increasing demand from customers both in the region and overseas. With the latest addition of Shipco Xiamen the company said it is able to further expand its coverage in Asia and provide customers with enhanced service. Contact details of the new office are as follows: Shipco Transport Xiamen, Unit 509, Tower E, Xiamen International Shipping Centre, No 99 Xiangyu Road, Xiamen China. Telephone: (+86) 592 5600855; Telefax: (+86) 592 5600822; Email: xmn@{非本站网址}; Website: www.{非本站网址} Shipco Transport provides neutral export and import sea - and air freight services. Shipco is a wholly owned subsidiary of Scan-Group, an international shipping and transportation company based in Copenhagen with more than 2,700 employees in its own offices worldwide. Shipco is a founding member of the WorldWide Alliance, an association of major NVOCCs.

Port of Xiamen's first half throughput rises 12pc to 3.21 million TEU

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SOUTHEAST China's Xiamen port posted a 12 per cent first half growth in throughput to 3.21 million TEU, reports Xinhua. The port expects to increase productivity with 16 new berths and reach a cargo throughput of over 20 million tonnes with a goal to hit an annual throughput of 400 million tonnes. The port had 17 international cruise ships call at and transported 25,968 passengers, coupled with a new night cruise service from Xiamen to nearby Jinmen, previously known as Quemoy.

Taiwan trade boosted Xiamen's first half volume 12pc to 3.21 million TEU

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SOUTHEAST China's sea port Xiamen lifted 3.21 million TEU from January to June this year, climbed 12 per cent from the same period one year ago, Xinhua reports. An official from the Fujian Province Transportation Department said the West Taiwan-strait port aggregation, which consists of ports in Fujian province, is gathering speed in development. In the first half of year, total investment on navigational channels at these ports has exceeded CNY4.7 billion (US$737.4 billion). Though Xiamen's steel and coal throughput fell as affected by slowing down economy, the port is actively seeking to expand its hinterland to gain more cargo and has succeeded in cooperating with eastern Guangdong city Chaozhou on building a new feeder terminal there to provide Xiamen with more container cargo.

Evergreen receives first B747-400 converted freighter from Xiamen's TAECO

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EVERGREEN International Airlines has taken delivery of its first 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF), the 40th passenger-to-cargo aircraft conversion by Xiamen's Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Company (TAECO), a unit of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO). Modifications made to the aircraft are done at TAECO's plant under contract with the aircraft manufacturer, while Boeing manages the overall conversion, including engineering and materials. Passenger aircraft converted to freight carriage are regarded as a comparatively inexpensive option for cargo carriers. Alterations made to the aircraft include adding a side cargo door, a new, strengthened main-deck floor, full main-deck lining installation, provisions for a new cargo handling system, and complete revisions of the aircraft's systems. The converted freighter is Boeing's fiftieth 747-400 to be delivered to date. This includes ten conversions that were completed by customers using kits provided by Boeing. All the 747-400BCF deliveries have been completed on or ahead of scheduled commitments to customer airlines, according to Boeing's conversion vice president Dan da Silva. "This is a milestone that few other large freighter conversion programmes have attained," he said.

Xiamen Shipping Exchange commences operation

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XIAMEN Shipping Exchange has officially become operational, marking a significant step for the city towards its goal of developing itself into an international shipping centre in southeast China, Xinhua reports. Xiamen Shipping Exchange has five major functions including ship buying, selling and leasing, cargo trading, personnel training, trading agency service and shipping information providing. In the meanwhile, Southeast China Arbitration Court of International Shipping and Fujian Electronic Port Company have also started operation. Last year, China State Council gave approval to Xiamen's application to set up Xiamen Shipping Exchange and gave support to its aim of developing into a southeast China shipping centre. In the first four months of this year, Xiamen recorded a container throughput of 2.06 million TEU, up 11.82 per cent year on year and a throughput tonnage of 52.36 million tonnes, up 5.86 per cent. Last year, Xiamen lifted 6.47 million TEU, ranking at the seventh of the ports in China and the 18th in the world.  

Xiamen's four-month container volume up 11.8pc to 2.06 million TEU

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THE Port of Xiamen, in Fujian opposite Taiwan, lifted 2.06 million TEU from January to April this year, an increase of 11.82 per cent year on year, Xinhua reports. Overall cargo tonnage of the port grew 5.86 per cent to 52.33 million tonnes. In April, Xiamen handled 573,200 TEU, up 18.06 per cent year on year. The overall monthly tonnage increased 16.77 per cent to 15.48 million tonnes. During the first four months, Fujian's main seaport handled a total of 3.11 million TEU of containers, up 10 per cent. Cargo tonnage increased 16.7 per cent to 15.48 million tonnes. In the same period, another major port of Fujian, Fuzhou port, handled 538,400 TEU, up five per cent. Its throughput tonnage increased 13.2 per cent to 33.02 million tonnes.

Xiamen's cross-strait fruit imports from Taiwan doubles in first quarter

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STIMULATED by the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between mainland China and Taiwan, Xiamen city's fruit imports from Taiwan doubles in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period a year ago, Xinhua reports. In the first three months, the southeast China coastal city imported 160 batches of Taiwan fruit, up 22.1 per cent year on year, weighing 22.22 million tonnes, up 99.9 per cent over the same period in 2011. Value of these fruit soared 103.1 per cent to US$2.49 million.  

Xiamen port net profit up 44% to $23m

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Xiamen International Port continues to do well with a net profit of RMB145.4m ($23m), a 44% rise from the RMB101.2m posted the year before. The port operator had earlier guided that profits would fall due to the absence of exceptional items that boosted the previous year’s profits, Seatrade Asia online reports. However performance at the port remained good with total income from operations rising by more than half from RMB1.58bn in 2010 to RMB2.42bn last year. Operating profit was RMB199.8m compared to RMB159m the previous year. Container throughput at Xiamen port rose 11% to 6.47m teus last year. The port aims to boost throughput to 10m teus per year during China’s 12th Five-year Plan from 2011 to 2015. The port is expected to work closely with its neighbouring ports of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou to grow together within the region.

Two new berths start operation at Xiamen's Zhaoyin port area this year

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THE No 8 and No 9 berths at Zhaoyin port area of the Port of Xiamen will become operational by the end of this year, adding an extra 2.8 million tonnes to the port area's capacity, Xinhua reports. The two berths have a depth of 17.5 metres and have the conditions to be developed to accommodate containerships of over 100,000 tonnes in the future.