Excerpt from: China Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
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| September 05, 2005 | | Manufacturers Increasingly Utilize Yangtze River Corridor from Chongqing to Shanghai | The Yangtze River has been China’s main water transport artery since ancient times, with over 2,800 meters of navigable water, making up 70% of the total water navigation for the entire nation. 80% of the nation’s water cargo ships via the Yangtze.
Due to its strategic location on the Yangtze River, Chongqing is becoming the distribution center for China’s southwest. Chongqing’s strategic advantage compared to other 12 provincial cities in the west is the port. The port serves as the hub for water transportation along the Yangtze River. Clearly, logistics will play the main role in Chongqing’s economic development.
The Chongqing government is determined to turn Chongqing into the primary shipping center on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The Chongqing Port Authority will invest over USD$ 2 billion over the next 10 years in order to achieve this goal.
Has your company put Chongqing under consideration in your long term China supply chain plans?
Consider some of the following:
- Last year the annual container capacity of the Chongqing port reached 100,000
- Currently the world’s top 60 shipping companies have containers at the Chongqing port
- During the past 5 years the growth rate at the port reached 62.8%
- The city serves as the sole water shipping city of western China
- In 2004, Chonqqing’s exports reached $USD 190 million
- 90% of all international trade in the west and southwest is handled by the Chongqing port
- With the completion of the 3 Gorges Dam 10,000 ton ships will go direct to Chongqing
- The increase in throughput along the Yangtze River will make Shanghai a key river gateway port
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