A ceremony held on July 1 at the Port of Taicang declared the opening of a new container shipping route connected to the Port of Inchon, South Korea.

A big container is hung to celebrate the opening of the new shipping line leading to the Inchon port in South Korea. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The ship on this route can carry 610 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) and leaves Taicang port every Saturday. It takes only two days for the ship to arrive at the Inchon port.

The shipping line is said to help improve the efficiency of logistics and reduce costs between the southern Jiangsu area, the canal, the Yangtze River region and Seoul economic zone, and enhance Taicang port’s core competence.

Operation of this route increases the number of container shipping lines at Taicang port to a total of 187.

Taicang port viewed from above. Situated on the south bank of the Yangtze River estuary near Shanghai, it has now developed into a satellite port of significance connected to Shanghai’s Yangshan mega port.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Taicang port radiates a spectacular glint at night. [Photo provided to China Daily]