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United Nations data show a 95.3 percent drop in ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz since February 28. Global bulk food prices rose 6 per cent and European crude oil prices rose 53 per cent. The escalating military conflict in the Middle East has led to volatile shipping, energy and food prices.
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As of April 27, Erlianhot Railway Port, as the only entry and exit port in the China-Europe train channel, has passed 1515 trains of China-Europe trains this year, transporting goods 144900 standard containers, a significant increase over the same period last year. By deepening Sino-Mongolian cooperation and optimizing the operation process, the port has reduced the customs clearance time to 30 minutes, with 75 train lines, covering more than 70 hub stations in more than 10 countries such as Germany and Poland.
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Based on Xinhua News Agency, this paper points out that China's total import and export volume of service trade will exceed 8 trillion billion yuan in 2025, an increase of 7.4 percent over the same period last year, ranking firmly in the forefront of the world. This paper analyzes the role of visa-free policy, tariff reduction and other institutional dividends in promoting trade in services, and introduces the latest data for the first two months of 2026, emphasizing the growth of knowledge-intensive services and travel services. At present, trade in services has become a competitive highland for all countries, and China is cultivating the 'Chinese service' brand and promoting the high-quality development of trade in services by reducing foreign investment restrictions, holding service trade fairs and expanding pilot projects for the opening up of the service industry.
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On April 22, at the 2026 Container Multimodal Transport Asia Exhibition, the China Container Industry Association launched the industry's first voluntary green product evaluation system to comprehensively evaluate the green level of containers from the five dimensions of resources, energy, environment, quality, and low carbon. 27 products of 16 enterprises were evaluated in the first batch, and the association simultaneously promoted the international mutual recognition of carbon footprint and green grading mechanism to help the industry's low-carbon transformation and market competitiveness.
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In the first quarter of 2026, the export of foreign trade vehicles at Guangzhou Xinshagang Automobile Port increased by 160 year-on-year, of which the export of new energy vehicles was particularly outstanding, with a year-on-year increase of 163. On April 20, the "Capricorn leader", loaded with about 3500 domestic vehicles (85% of new energy vehicles), set sail for Australia to demonstrate the strength of China's automobile industry. The Guangzhou Maritime Department provides full-chain security for exports through refined services such as "one ship, one policy" and priority channels, helping Chinese brands increase their market share in Australia to nearly 1/4.
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In the first quarter of 2026, the shipping production of the Yangtze River trunk line achieved a good start, and passenger and cargo transportation showed a trend of rising quantity and quality. In terms of freight, the trunk freight volume reached 0.89 billion tons, with a significant increase in the contribution of the midstream region, while the pilot business and the leading volume of ships on international routes steadily increased, and the vitality of foreign trade transportation continued to show. At the same time, due to the stable demand for bulk materials, lock maintenance and rising fuel costs, the freight index of dry bulk cargo and containers rose slightly. The tourism passenger transport market continued to pick up, the traffic volume of inter-provincial cruise ships and urban riverside tourists increased, and the passenger carrying rate of cruise ships increased to more than 80%, providing strong support for the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
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Nanjing is the only "five-type" national logistics hub carrying city in East China that integrates port type, dry port type, airport type, production service type and business service type. With its hard core resources of "100 million ton port, 10 million level airport and national high-speed rail hub", Nanjing has built a four in one efficient logistics system of "air, iron and water public. Through detailed data and project progress, the article shows Nanjing's outstanding achievements in logistics infrastructure construction, multimodal transport mode innovation, international train expansion and service regional industries, and explains in depth how it links the world with a high level of openness, serves the "the belt and road initiative" and the new development pattern of double circulation, and shoulders the "hard core responsibility" of Yangtze River Delta logistics ".
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Henan Province passed the first comprehensive inland river shipping local regulations "Henan Province Inland River Shipping Regulations", which will come into effect on July 1. The regulations emphasize that waterway planning should follow the principles of ecological protection and comprehensive utilization, and port planning should be moderately advanced. The regulations require the promotion of big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies, the integration of shipping data resources, promote the digital and intelligent development of inland waterway shipping, and improve the efficiency of industry supervision and the intelligent level of lock management. At the same time, the regulations clearly build a modern inland shipping network, develop a multimodal transport system, and promote the layout of port industries to support the integration of the regional economy into the national unified market.
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This paper introduces the measures and achievements of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, as an important hub port in the world, to serve the overall situation of national development by building an efficient maritime express system. The article points out that the port cargo and container throughput continues to grow, and the route network covers a wide range. In order to cope with the "new three" and cross-border e-commerce and other foreign trade new formats of high-time transport demand, the port system planning, accurate opening and regular operation of 26 shipping express lines, greatly reducing the sailing time. At the same time, by optimizing port supervision, innovating traffic organization mode, creating high-quality route service and laying out overseas logistics nodes, the service level and efficiency are continuously improved, which effectively ensures the safety and smooth flow of the industrial chain supply chain and provides solid support for cultivating new kinetic energy of foreign trade.
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The 4th International Port and Shipping Logistics and Multimodal Transport (Shanghai) Exhibition (ISL Expo 2026) will be held in Shanghai from April 22 to 24, 2026. The purpose of this exhibition is to cope with global economic and trade uncertainties, build a direct dialogue platform between shipping, ports, railways, aviation, logistics and other supply chain parties and foreign trade shippers, create a new type of honest and win-win relationship between shipping and cargo, and enhance the resilience of China's industrial chain supply chain. The exhibition is expected to attract 25000 professional visitors, and hold a number of industry forums and docking activities.
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In the first quarter of 2026, my country's imports and exports to countries that jointly built the "Belt and Road" exceeded 6 trillion billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2 percent, accounting for more than half of the overall foreign trade. The three-dimensional interconnection network has achieved remarkable results, and water transportation, highway, aviation and railway transportation have all achieved rapid growth. Among them, the new land and sea channel in the west, the China Europe train and the "air Silk Road" and other logistics channels have been operated efficiently, which has effectively promoted the development of foreign trade in the central and western regions, and maintained a strong growth momentum in the import and export of neighboring countries.
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Shaanxi Province issued the outline of the 15th five-year Plan, proposing to build a modern comprehensive transportation system and improve the main framework of the "meter-shaped, five horizontal and two vertical" comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network. The plan clearly states that by 2030, the operating mileage of high-speed rail will exceed 2000 kilometers, and the total mileage of expressways will exceed 7400 kilometers, realizing "city-city high-speed rail". We will focus on promoting the construction of high-speed railways from Suide to Taiyuan and from West 10. to Xikang, optimize the highway network, improve the efficiency of aviation hubs, and actively build a major Asia-Europe land-sea trade channel, promote the upgrading and efficiency of the Xi 'an assembly center of China-Europe trains, and build a higher-level transportation province.
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On April 8, Wanzhou's first five-star Three Gorges cruise ship "Heavy Ship · Yangtze River Yunfan" began trial sailing in Chongqing Port. It is planned to officially put into operation on the Chongqing-Yichang route on April 18. The cruise ship was built with an investment of 0.2 billion yuan, with the design concept of "safety, green, comfort and intelligence". It has a total length of nearly 150 meters and a full load of 650 people. It has obtained the "Green Ship -2" certification of China Classification Society. The cruise ship integrates the cultural elements and modern facilities of the Three Gorges, and is equipped with multiple room types and characteristic services. It aims to improve the tourism quality of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and promote the construction of a water tourism distribution center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Wanzhou.
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On April 8, 2026, the Pan-coastal Shipping Ecological High-quality Development Exchange Conference was successfully held in Cangzhou. The conference was co-sponsored by the Cangzhou Municipal Government and the Bulk Cargo Transportation Professional Committee of the China Shipowners Association. With the theme of "The Sea and the Wave Voyage", it brought together about 360 guests from politics, enterprises, and research. The conference focused on hot topics such as land-sea convergence of commodities, smart green ports and digital transformation of shipping, with the aim of discussing high-quality development plans for shipping, promoting the integration of port, industry and city, and providing intellectual support and cooperation platform for the optimization and upgrading of regional shipping ecology.
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According to data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the total revenue of China's logistics industry in the first two months of this year reached 2 trillion billion yuan, an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period last year, making a steady start. The average prosperity index of the logistics industry was 49.4, and the industry recovered steadily. Supply chain contract orders of key logistics enterprises increased by 21%, multimodal transport became a bright spot, the Yangtze River Delta railway sea-rail intermodal transport volume increased by 23%, and the China-Europe train volume increased by 31.7. With the promotion of the construction of a unified national market, the logistics industry is expected to continue to make steady progress.
