SCFI eighth weekly rise: US West +3% to $7,560; Europe softens further

Xinhua: Qingdao Port expands commercial-vehicle export sailings to Africa, LatAm, Middle East and ASEAN

Xinhua reported on 2 November 2026 from Shandong Port Qingdao Port's Dagang terminal that workers were loading commercial vehicles bound for Africa. Through 2026 Qingdao Port has densified its liner network, optimized emerging-market coverage, set up a dedicated commercial-vehicle export service team, and added vehicle dispatch, inspection and yard management support. It now runs characteristic direct services to Africa, Central and South America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia to keep China

CCTV/Iqilu: First cross-province TIR plus highway green-channel load leaves Weifang for Moscow

After a pilot earlier this year, China's first cross-province TIR plus highway green-channel shipment left Weifang Comprehensive Bonded Zone in Shandong on 2 November 2026 with 22.3 tonnes of refrigerated garlic heads, heading via Manzhouli to Moscow in about seven days. The model stacks TIR clearance with free fresh-produce highway green-channel access, using appointment highway passage and smart electronic customs seals for source audit, full-journey traceability, fast border release and one-t

MOT: Monitored ports cargo throughput up 11.02% week on week; national rail freight 83.5 mt

China's Ministry of Transport reported on 2 November that in the week of 26 October to 1 November 2026, monitored ports handled 272.69 million tonnes of cargo, up 11.02% week on week, and 6.627 million TEU of containers. National railways moved 83.496 million tonnes of freight, up 0.33% week on week. Highway truck passages were 55.74 million vehicles; civil aviation ran 116,000 flights including 5,446 cargo flights (3,503 international).

Yantai gov: Zhangjiagang-Yantai-South America river-sea corridor opens for steel and fertilizer

Yantai Municipal Government reported on 2 November 2026 that a batch of steel moved by water from Zhangjiagang Port to Shandong Port Yantai Port's Penglai area, then sailed to South America together with ton-bag fertilizer already staged at the port, marking the formal opening of the Zhangjiagang Port-Yantai-South America river-sea multimodal corridor. Yantai Port is using its multimodal network to help Yangtze River Economic Belt makers export, linking an inland river feeder with an ocean hub.