en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 9, the international passenger ship service between Heihe Port in China and Blagoveshchensk Port in Russia officially commenced navigation for the 2026 open-water season. On the first day of navigation, the Chinese side deployed three passenger ships, while the Russian side deployed two, each with a capacity of 240 passengers—ten times the capacity during the hovercraft navigation period, ensuring ample transport capacity. Passenger ships from both China and Russia operate four trips per day, with the schedule to be increased at any time based on passenger flow.
Recently, as temperatures rise and the ice and snow on the border rivers melt, eight water transport ports in Heilongjiang Province, including Heihe, Tongjiang, Fuyuan, Luobei, and Raohe, have successively opened and resumed navigation, marking the full launch of cross-border passenger and cargo transport during the open-water season.
It is understood that Heilongjiang Province currently has 27 national first-class ports and 13 water transport ports, which serve as key hubs for cooperation with Russia and Northeast Asia. Leveraging the advantages of large transport capacity and low cost, water transport ports have become a "golden waterway" for bulk commodity trade and river-sea intermodal transport, efficiently opening up cross-border logistics channels.
Data shows that in 2025, the cargo throughput at Heilongjiang's ports reached 78.31 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%; passenger throughput reached 2.765 million person-times. The booming port economy has not only driven foreign trade growth but also spurred the clustering of industries such as border processing, warehousing logistics, and cross-border tourism, injecting strong momentum into the "revitalization of the border areas and prosperity for the people" in the border regions.
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