en.Wedoany.com Reported - On April 16, the "2026 Fourth Shanghai-Lianyungang Port and Shipping Cooperation Exchange Conference" was successfully held in Lianyungang, China. The meeting revealed that since the cooperation between Shanghai Port and Lianyungang Port began over three years ago, significant achievements have been made in coordinated development, marking a crucial leap from "business interconnection" to "deep integration."

In 2025, the throughput of the "Lian-Shen Express Shipping" exceeded 150,000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of over 20%, maintaining double-digit growth for three consecutive years. The container throughput at the Lianyungang Empty Container Center increased by 86% year-on-year, with the number of contracted shipping companies rising to 14. The full-process CCA sea-rail intermodal transport "single bill system" achieved regular operation, with a cumulative throughput exceeding 3,000 TEUs, and the logistics node network along the Longhai Railway continued to improve. The coastal feeder service "Lianyungang-Shanghai Yangshan Port" was officially launched. The "New Model for Cross-Port Area Cooperation between Shanghai and Lianyungang" was recognized as a provincial-level free trade innovation case and selected as a typical case by the Yangtze River Delta Free Trade Zone Alliance. In the same year, Shanghai International Port Group acquired an 18% equity stake in Lianyungang Port, becoming its second-largest shareholder, achieving a historic breakthrough from business synergy to capital integration. The two parties jointly established Lianyungang Hulian Ro-Ro Co., Ltd., injecting new momentum into the integrated and coordinated development of ports in the Yangtze River Delta.

The conference also witnessed the signing of a quadrilateral port and shipping cooperation memorandum for the "single container system" transport of dangerous goods via water-water transshipment for the "Lian-Shen Express Shipping," the signing of the Lianyungang Empty Container Alliance agreement, and the launch ceremony for "Creating a New Chapter in Lianyungang's 2026 Multimodal Transport."

Chen Wei, Member of the Party Committee and Marketing Director of Lianyungang Port Holding Group, and General Manager of Hulian Container Company, stated in an interview: "The three major outcomes achieved at this conference—the quadrilateral port and shipping cooperation memorandum, the establishment of the empty container alliance, and the launch of multimodal transport—signify that the cooperation between Shanghai and Lianyungang ports has expanded from 'point-to-point collaboration between two ports' to the levels of port governance and regional network coordination. It has upgraded from cooperation on a single route or product to a comprehensive cooperation system encompassing capital, management, information, ports, and channels, setting a benchmark for the coordinated development of the Yangtze River Delta port cluster."

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