101781 Resource 94086 93210 94146 1125911913912 1201210216768 Controlled Chongqing Port Becoming Hub for Distribution in Southwest China

Manufacturers Increasingly Utilize Yangtze River Corridor from Chongqing to Shanghai

The Yangtze River has been China&rsquo;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&rsquo;s water cargo ships via the Yangtze. <br /><br />Due to its strategic location on the Yangtze River, Chongqing is becoming the distribution center for China&rsquo;s southwest. Chongqing&rsquo;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&rsquo;s economic development. <br /><br />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. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Has your company put Chongqing under consideration in your long term China supply chain plans? </span><br /><br />Consider some of the following: <br /><br /><ul><li>Last year the annual container capacity of the Chongqing port reached 100,000 <br /></li><li>Currently the world&rsquo;s top 60 shipping companies have containers at the Chongqing port <br /></li><li>During the past 5 years the growth rate at the port reached 62.8% <br /></li><li>The city serves as the sole water shipping city of western China <br /></li><li>In 2004, Chonqqing&rsquo;s exports reached $USD 190 million <br /></li><li>90% of all international trade in the west and southwest is handled by the Chongqing port <br /></li><li>With the completion of the 3 Gorges Dam 10,000 ton ships will go direct to Chongqing <br /></li><li>The increase in throughput along the Yangtze River will make Shanghai a key river gateway port </li></ul> 9 application/xml false china export china logistics china river china shipping chongqing chongqing port deep water port shanghai port yangtze Chonqqing Port Shipping http://www.zaobao.com/cnwest/pages/cnwest_cq040201.html Chongqing Port Info http://www.cqwb.com.cn/webnews/htm/2004/9/22/80879.shtml Related Blog Post on Chongqing and Yangzte River Shipping and Logistics http://supplychain.establishinc.com/public/item/101451 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 94086 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web