On July 8, 2,561 brand-new Chinese self-owned brand vehicles successively sailed on the "COSCO Prosperity" car ro-ro ship at Xiamen Yuanhai Wharf. The ship is expected to set sail from Xiamen Port tonight, starting the first voyage of the "China-Europe" liner route operated by Guangzhou Yuanhai Automobile Shipping Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of COSCO SHIPPING Group. This is also the first car ro-ro liner route for China's self-owned car fleet to Europe.
Right now, Chinese auto brands are speeding up to go overseas, especially in Europe, where their market share has grown significantly, becoming the main incremental market for my country's auto exports. A total of 3,731 Chinese self-owned brand vehicles, including more than 2,700 new energy vehicles, were loaded in Xiamen Port and Shanghai Port with the "COSCO Prosperity" ship to the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and other European countries. This is Guangzhou Yuanhai Automobile Ship. The "largest order" of new energy vehicles carried by the transportation company since its establishment. It is worth mentioning that the 1,818 new energy vehicles that boarded the ship from Xiamen Port were all produced in Fujian.
"Under the background of 'Double Carbon', the development of my country's new energy vehicle industry continues to accelerate, and has won the attention and recognition of global consumers. Among them, Europe has become the largest export destination of my country's new energy vehicles." Director and General Manager of Guangzhou Yuanhai Automobile Shipping Co., Ltd. Zhu Guihua said that the company took the lead in opening a stable European liner route and put into operation two 5,000-space car ships. In the future, it will expand the scale of transportation capacity to better serve Chinese car companies to develop the European market. It is reported that the voyage of the route is about 9,900 nautical miles, and the estimated sailing time is 30 days.
The reporter learned from Xiamen Yuanhai Terminal that with the strong support of the port, maritime affairs, customs, border inspection and other departments, the terminal exported nearly 40,000 vehicles in the first half of this year. With the opening of the "China-Europe" liner route, it will help the terminal sprint The annual export volume of automobiles exceeds the goal of 100,000 vehicles.
