CHINA-UK: CHINA AND U.K. START SHIPPING ROUTE LINKING GREENOCK IN SCOTLAND TO CHINA'S NINGBO PORT
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The BBC reported (August 28) that China and the United Kingdom opened a direct shipping
route between the two countries. The route starts at China’s Ningbo Port, Zhejiang Province
and ends at Greenock, Scotland. Six freight ships, each can carry 1,600 containers. They will
run on this route since it avoids the traffic jam at the Rotterdam port, the entire shipping
duration is cut down from 60 days to 33 days. The Greenock Ocean Terminal started operating
in 1969. It can handle 100,000 containers in a year.
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