On February 26th, over 4,000 commercial vehicles from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and their hinterland departed from Tianjin Port’s global ro-ro terminal to overseas markets, setting a new record for Tianjin Port’s single-vessel export of commercial vehicles in recent years. Currently, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has established a coordinated automotive industry chain of “Beijing R&D - Tianjin-Hebei Manufacturing - Tianjin Export.” Tianjin Port has opened more than 30 ro-ro routes, fully supporting Chinese vehicles' overseas expansion.
It is understood that nearly 50% of the import and export vehicles handled at Tianjin Port come from automakers in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Tianjin Port is paying close attention to “goods, consignors, and cargo flows”, deepening the cooperation with Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei automakers such as BAIC Group and Great Wall Motors. They are continuously improving the industrial development ecosystem to achieve seamless integration of “local manufacturing - port direct shipping - overseas delivery,” which promoted the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei automotive industry cluster to leap towards the high-end development.
As the largest automotive import and export hub port in northern China, Tianjin Port is seizing the opportunity of growth in automotive’s foreign trade exports. Leveraging multimodal transport and port-city freight trains, they are driving the in-depth integration of the automotive innovation chain, industrial chain, and supply chain across the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The functional linkage between inland dry ports, regional headquarters, and port terminals reduced the logistics costs of vehicle exports.
Tianjin Port is also accelerating the transformation of its port energy structure, using intelligence and green initiatives to propel the automotive industry chain into a green development phase. They have taken the lead in achieving “near-zero emissions” operations at the port’s first batch of ro-ro terminals. By constructing the new energy power generation systems and achieving high coverage of shore power, they are using low-carbon logistics to help domestic automakers meet the carbon footprint requirements of the European and American markets.
In the next step, Tianjin Port Group will continue to expand the ro-ro routes, striving to build a “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region connected by shipping lanes,” and help create a vibrant and closely coordinated regional automotive industry ecosystem in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, serving to strengthen the automotive industry cluster in the region.
From: China Transportation News Network