en.Wedoany.com Reported - In the early hours of June 22, the "MSC Heliane III" completed all loading and unloading operations and departed from Berth 12 of Dalian Container Terminal, marking the official launch of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)'s "Dalian-Vietnam" premium container express service (OCHNA).
It is understood that this newly opened route is the first premium container express service in Northeast China to directly connect Vietnam's return leg to Dalian, operating on a weekly call schedule. The route layout is scientifically designed, ensuring efficient port and shipping turnover.
According to the plan, the return voyage from Vietnam to Dalian takes only about 6 days, providing time-controlled, stable-capacity, safe, and compliant logistics support for the export of advantageous industrial products such as electromechanical equipment and chemical products from the Northeast hinterland. At the same time, it precisely matches the upgrading needs of regional consumption, efficiently handling the import of time-sensitive fresh categories such as tropical fruits and aquatic products from Southeast Asia, thereby opening a fast maritime route for ASEAN fresh produce to directly reach the Northeast consumer market.
In recent years, the three northeastern provinces, leveraging their solid industrial foundation, have seen a sustained surge in the outward momentum of advantageous industries such as high-end equipment manufacturing, fine chemicals, new energy, and deep processing of agricultural products, steadily enhancing the resilience of the foreign trade economy.
With the implementation of the policy dividends from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the complementary industrial advantages between ASEAN countries, represented by Vietnam, and the Northeast region have become increasingly prominent. Bilateral trade exchanges have grown closer, and the compound growth rate of regional trade has steadily climbed.
Against this backdrop, the container throughput on Southeast Asian routes at Dalian Port has continued to grow, with a compound annual growth rate of nearly 10% during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. The immense market potential and favorable business environment have consistently attracted global leading shipping companies such as MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, and COSCO Shipping to increase their investments, continuously boosting capacity on Dalian-Southeast Asia routes, injecting strong momentum into the quality and efficiency improvement of Northeast China's foreign trade industry.
With the launch of this new route, the total number of Southeast Asian routes at Dalian Port has increased to 26, fully covering major Southeast Asian economies including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The high-density, wide-coverage Southeast Asian shipping network has been further improved, continuously supporting the construction of Dalian as an international shipping center in Northeast Asia.
Dalian Container Terminal Company stated that it will continue to anchor the development goal of becoming an international container hub port, fully leverage the resource advantages of the hub port, deepen strategic cooperation with global shipping leaders, continuously optimize the route network layout, enhance logistics service capabilities, improve opening-up platforms, and spare no effort to smooth domestic and foreign trade channels, injecting a steady stream of port and shipping momentum into the high-level opening-up and high-quality regional economic development of Northeast China.
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