A new logistics terminal paved the way for Jingjiang Port – located in East China's Jiangsu province – to ramp up its throughput in the first half of the year.
Its introduction has really boosted things at the port – as could be seen on June 4, when a fully loaded cargo vessel was rapidly and efficiently discharging its coal with the help of an unloading machine, a bucket wheel machine and a closed-belt corridor transportation system at the terminal.
A bird's-eye view of the new terminal in operation at Jingjiang Port. [Photo/WeChat account: ZGJJKFQ]
The smart technology and intelligent system of the terminal, which opened in May, enabled the whole process to be conducted in an efficient and eco-friendly manner.
Also in May, port operators, logistics companies, as well as grain traders nationwide came together at a conference in Jingjiang to delve into the range of strategies and approaches that can be applied to the modernization of ports.
At the event, the operator of Jingjiang Port signed a new round of cooperative framework agreements with Jinzhou Port in Northeast China's Liaoning province, in a bid to boost the leapfrog development of the port economy.
Since the two sides began their strategic cooperation in 2014, the Jinzhou-Jingjiang route has transported more than 16 million tons of grain, accounting for 70 percent of Jinzhou's grain transportation volume to the Yangtze River region.
It also made Jingjiang a key transfer base for cross-region grain delivery projects in China.
In the smart logistics area of Jingjiang Port, the vessels and machines are also operating at full swing. The three giant multi-span enclosed steel-structure grain storage canopies are particularly eye-catching there.
The lofty multi-span enclosed steel-structure canopies in Jingjiang Port never fail to turn heads. [Photo/WeChat account: ZGJJKFQ]
According to Xu Xiaoling, deputy general manager of the local port terminal operator, the company erected the facility to avoid wind-blown grain particles.