en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, 7,687.61 tons of 60-meter ultra-long steel rails were exported in their entirety to South Africa for the first time via the Fangchenggang port in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. On the evening of May 6, as the vessel "Xin Da Zhong" completed loading the last steel rail at Berth 6 of Fangchenggang Port, the export loading operation for the 60-meter ultra-long steel rails commissioned by Angang Group International Trade Corporation concluded successfully, officially shipping them to South Africa. This operation also marked the first cargo agency business for 60-meter ultra-long steel rails undertaken by Beibu Gulf Port Logistics.
This marks the first export of 60-meter steel rails through a port within Guangxi. The 60-meter ultra-long steel rails are characterized by being prone to deformation, difficult to lift, and challenging to store, and there was no mature, full-chain operational plan to follow previously. Fangcheng Customs proactively learned about the export shipping schedule, tailored regulatory plans such as inspection upon arrival and video-supervised loading, established a "point-to-point" liaison and handling mechanism between customs and enterprises, and implemented "7×24 hours" appointment-based customs clearance services. Meanwhile, Fangcheng Customs maintained close contact with the terminal company, coordinated the port area to implement lifting operations for some over-height and over-width cargo, and guided the terminal in expanding its storage yard to alleviate the pressure on storage space for long-length steel rails.
Fangchenggang Port Company maintains deep cooperation with Angang Group International Trade Corporation, having jointly completed 64,000 tons of steel rail export business in 2025. The specifications of steel rails handled previously were mostly conventional sizes of 24 meters and 25 meters. These 60-meter ultra-long steel rails are the first ultra-long specification product involved since the cooperation between the two parties began. In 2025, Fangchenggang Port exported approximately 220,000 tons of steel rails to countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative, a year-on-year increase of 50.8%. This export will support the modernization and upgrading of existing railways in South Africa.
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