Yueyang joins one-stop customs clearance with Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai

CUSTOMS of Changsha, Chongqing, Wuhan and Shanghai have reached an agreement to simplify customs clearance procedures for transshipments and from these four regions.

Under the agreement, Hunan's Yueyang City is now permitted to join the new cooperation scheme and offer one-stop clearance service for transshipments. The move is bound to turn Yueyang's Chenglingji port area into another transshipment hub on the Yangtze River, said Xinhua.

Hunan started building Chenglingji port area in 2007. The project is divided into three phases with a total of 13 berths. The first phase cost CNY650 million (US$102.2 million) and occupies an area of 39.85 hectare with an annual capacity of 300,000 tonnes. It has three 3,000-tonne container berths and able to accommodate ships of 5,000 tonnes.

After the third phase has been finished in 2025, the port area's capacity will hit 880,000 TEU in terms of container and 10 million tonnes in terms of cargo tonnage.