The development of foreign trade cannot do without the support of shipping. Since the beginning of this year, major coastal ports in China have actively opened up new foreign trade routes and comprehensively improved their transportation capacity. More and more foreign trade routes have also provided strong support for the stable growth of foreign trade.



Recently, a ceremony was held at the Qianwan Container Terminal of Qingdao Port in Shandong Province to centrally open five container routes. In the first quarter of this year, Shandong's coastal ports added 13 new foreign trade routes, with a focus on creating high-quality direct routes to Europe and America.



Among the centrally opened routes this time, the European route will effectively meet the export customers of the Yellow River Basin, connect with the transportation capacity and cabin needs of major ports such as Barcelona and Rotterdam, and is also the first high-quality lifestyle and consumption route from Shandong port to Europe.



Entering April, Tianjin Port has opened a new route for the largest container ship type; The first Southeast Asian container international route of Hebei Port Group has officially been put into operation; Xiamen Port has added a new route of "the Belt and Road" direct flights to the Middle East.



Industry insiders believe that the development of foreign trade cannot do without the support of shipping, and the opening of new routes at multiple ports also indicates that shipping companies are confident in China's foreign trade prospects.