CGTN: Vitality under COVID-19: China’s smart ports aid increased throughput

BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — China's Qingdao Port, a subsidiary of Shandong Port Group and the second-largest foreign trade port in east China's Shandong Province, has seen an increase in anchorage rotations of very large container ships, according to China Media Group. The port has handled ultra-large container ships more than 300 times. Ultra-large container ships are usually 400 meters long and have a capacity of over 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). The port has also handled 200-meter-long container ships more than 3,900 times, a 7-percent increase year on year, CMG said. Handling that much freight under the impact…