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East China’s Jiangsu province recorded a year-on-year increase of 130.7% in automobile exports from January to April, latest customs statistics show.

At the dock site of Port of Lianyungang, 1200 new energy vehicles were seen driven onto a ro ro ship for shipment to Belgium.

This ro-ro ship is equivalent to a large three-dimensional parking garage, which can smoothly transport thousands of cars across the oceans.

Faced with the high growth of automobile exports, Lianyungang Port, as one of the three major ports for the export of mechanical equipment and vehicles in China, has given full play to its advantages as a transportation hub by customizing its personalized operation plans.

“The mode of ‘advance booking+priority operation’ is adopted to ensure fast entry and fast exit of ro ro ships. The average time of ships docking in the port is reduced by more than 50%, which has invigorated the port transport capacity, served the construction of the ‘the Belt and Road’, and promoted high-level opening up,” said Liu Hongqing, Second Supervision Department of Lianyungang Customs Office in the Port Area.

In Changzhou, the capital of new energy, a batch of new energy vehicle kits are about to be sold to South Asian countries. To save transportation costs, the port has adopted a semi-bulk export model, where the entire vehicle is disassembled into semi-finished products, which are then assembled by the importing manufacturer in the host country for sale.

“By ensuring 24-hour loading and unloading services, our dock provided more convenience for enterprises in terms of loading and unloading efficiency and cost reduction,” said Jiang Dong, General Manager Assistant of Changzhou Lu"anzhou Changjiang Wharf Co., Ltd.

From January to April, Jiangsu recorded an export of 7.26 billion yuan in automobiles, a year-on-year increase of 130.7%, with major export destinations including ASEAN, the European Union, and the Middle East. In the meantime, the province exported 2.86 billion yuan of electric passenger vehicles, an increase of 552.6% year-on-year.