Xiamen builds 'dry port' near road, rail and river in Jiangxi's Ji'an city

XIAMEN Port Group's new "dry port" in hinterland province Jiangxi's Ji'an city recently held a ground breaking ceremony, Xinhua reports.

The facility is located in the centre of Jiangxi province and has convenient access to road, railway and waterway transportation network. It is planned to cover a land area of 175,000 square metres, entailing an investment of CNY200 million (US$31.56 million). It has a container yard that can handle up to 155,000 TEU per year and a warehouse with an annual capacity of 370,000 tonnes.

Xiamen expects to earn more cargo from hinterland regions with the project as solution to its stagnant throughput growth.

During recent year, ports in southeastern China's Fujian province, where Xiamen is located, have been busy building dry ports in hinterland regions and offer sea-rail or water-water intermodal service.

From January to July this year, Fujian's transshipments from other provinces surged 53 per cent year to 9.76 million tonnes.