Cargo and container throughput at Liaoning Port increased in the first half of the year.

Recently, reporters learned from the Liaoning Port Group that in the first half of this year, the group's cargo throughput increased by 2.1% year-on-year, and container throughput increased by 5.4% year-on-year, achieving breakthroughs in multiple areas and improving quality and efficiency. Notably, in June this year, the World Bank and S&P Global jointly released the "Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2025," in which Dalian Port ranked second globally.

As the operator of container business in the Dalian region, Dalian Container Terminal Co., Ltd. launched one new Middle East mainline and four Southeast Asia regional routes in the first half of the year, driving foreign trade container throughput to grow by more than 8% year-on-year. The container business at various ports showed remarkable results: Yingkou Container Terminal Co., Ltd. leveraged the "Liaoning-Shanghai Express Line" to integrate route resources and cargo channels, achieving stable growth in container throughput in the first half of the year; Dandong Port's foreign trade container throughput increased by over 90% year-on-year; Panjin Port resumed the "Panjin-Dalian" foreign trade feeder line; Suizhong Port consolidated the "Binzhou/Taoluo River-Suizhong" alumina container sea-rail intermodal route, innovatively creating an efficient "return and reload" model.

As the hub for "North Grain South Transport," the group continues to safeguard food security. Foreign trade soybean imports at Yingkou Port increased by nearly 50% year-on-year; Dalian Port's import operations for soybeans and barley grew by approximately 30% and 50% year-on-year, respectively. Panjin Port strengthened deep cooperation with leading regional enterprises, doubling corn throughput in the first half of the year.

In addition, several indicators for bulk cargo and specialized logistics businesses achieved outstanding results. Iron ore unloading volume surged significantly; foreign trade steel shipment volume increased by over 60% year-on-year, and foreign trade steel billet shipment volume set a new historical record. A new sea route combining "train + liner" was opened for Mongolian coal exports, with coal operation volume increasing by over 20% year-on-year. New export routes for commercial vehicles were launched from Dalian to Brazil and Dalian to the Red Sea, with Dalian Port's international transshipment volume of commercial vehicles in March reaching the highest monthly record since the port's establishment.