COSCO Shipping and Cainiao test full-chain cooperation, the first container arrives at the "overseas warehouse" of Zeebrugge Terminal in Belgium

Recently, the COSCO SHIPPING cargo ship " CSCL SATURN " departed from China's Yantian Port and arrived at the Port of Antwerp -Bruges in Belgium for loading and unloading operations at the COSCO SHIPPING Port Zeebrugge Terminal .

This batch of goods prepared for the "Double 11 " and "Black Friday" promotions will then be cleared, unpacked, put into storage, and picked up at the COSCO Shipping Port Zeebrugge terminal in the port area, and will be transported by Cainiao and its partners to overseas warehouses in European countries such as Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Denmark, to complete this year's "Double 11 " cross-border export logistics distribution.

The arrival of the first container at the Port of Zeebrugge marks the first time that COSCO SHIPPING and Cainiao have cooperated on the full-link fulfillment service of shipping. In view of the high requirements of logistics timeliness and stability of cross-border e-commerce, the two parties rely on the synergy advantages of COSCO SHIPPING Ports and Shipping to achieve seamless connection between sea transportation, cargo arrival at the port, and port to warehouse. In addition, the station staff share transportation information with COSCO SHIPPING Lines and COSCO SHIPPING Ports, cooperate domestically and internationally, simplify the transit process within the warehouse, and improve the overall delivery timeliness by more than 20%.

In January 2018, the concession agreement for the container terminal at the Port of Zeebrugge was signed. This is an important node in COSCO Shipping Group’s globalization strategy and an important measure to implement the “Belt and Road” initiative.

As cross-border e-commerce between China and Europe continues to flourish, the two sides will use COSCO Shipping Port's Zeebrugge Terminal and Terminal Warehouse as the first cooperation pilot, and officially launch cooperation in overseas transit warehouses and stock warehouses. At the same time, they will explore further connecting sea transportation, rail (China-Europe Express) with Cainiao Liege e Hub (digital logistics hub), overseas warehouses and truck train networks, jointly create a one-stop comprehensive shipping service suitable for cross-border e-commerce, and build Belgium into Cainiao's sea and land transport channel in Europe, and promote mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides in the fields of international supply chain, overseas warehouses and related post-port services.

" COSCO Shipping Ports Zeebrugge Terminal is located at the northwest entrance of Belgium, with a superior geographical location. The port terminal cooperation here can complement the advantages of Cainiao's Liege e Hub air port. " The head of global freight for Cainiao International Supply Chain told reporters that Cainiao has previously cooperated with COSCO Shipping on daily shipping trunk lines, connecting Chinese ports to important European ports such as Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Antwerp. We look forward to further cooperation with COSCO Shipping Ports' supply chain business to build Zeebrugge Port into a new gateway for Chinese e-commerce to enter Europe and create a full-link door-to-door cross-border logistics solution for Chinese goods to go overseas.

According to reports, Cainiao's Liege eHub in Belgium is located at Liege Airport, with an overall planned area of ​​about 220,000 square meters, of which nearly 120,000 square meters are warehouses. The first phase of Cainiao's Liege eHub put into use 30,000 square meters of space, which took more than a year to complete. It includes an air cargo terminal and a distribution center, which are independently operated by Cainiao, centralizing unloading, customs clearance, sorting, etc., and connecting to the car-class network built by Cainiao and its partners covering 30 European countries, effectively improving the efficiency of the entire cross-border package chain.

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Zeebrugge Terminal and Terminal Warehouse

COSCO SHIPPING Port Zeebrugge Terminal is located on the northwest coast of Belgium, Europe. It has a total shoreline length of 1,275 meters and a front water depth of 17.5 meters. It can accommodate large container ships. The terminal in the port area covers an area of ​​77,869 square meters and has two warehouses with a total storage area of ​​41,580 square meters. It can provide customers with supply chain value-added services such as storage and stacking, container disassembly and assembly, customs clearance, temporary storage facilities and bonded warehouses. Zeebrugge Terminal is an important gateway port and core hub port built by COSCO SHIPPING in northwest Europe. The terminal has independent railway facilities and a first-class intermodal network. It can further transport goods to coastal ports and inland areas such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, the Baltic Sea, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe through feeder lines, railways, and roads.

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