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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
FUZHOU, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — East China's Fujian Province on Sunday opened its first Arctic sea route to Europe as part of the development of the "Ice Silk Road."
The container ship Istanbul Bridge left the Jiangyin port area in Fuzhou Port on Sunday morning and is expected to reach Europe via the Arctic route in just 19 days.
According to Fuzhou Customs, the new route will connect major Chinese ports including Qingdao, Dalian, Shanghai and Ningbo, as well as key European ports such as Felixstowe (UK), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Hamburg (Germany) and Gdansk (Poland).
This route provides exporters from Fujian Province and its neighboring provinces with a more convenient and efficient channel for delivering building materials, textiles, electromechanical products and other products to European markets.
The new route will cut shipping time by about a week compared to the China-Europe rail service, and by more than 20 days compared to sea shipping through the Suez Canal or the Cape of Good Hope route, said Xiao Bin, business manager of China Ocean Shipping Agency Fuzhou Co., Ltd.
According to Xiao Bin, the launch of the new route increases the number of departures and provides companies with more opportunities to transport cargo to Europe. The first route coincides with the peak pre-Christmas shopping season in Europe, allowing exporters to enter the market earlier while avoiding congestion during the peak shipping season, he added. -0-
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