On 11 October 2026, CCTV News and Xinhua Daily reported that the methanol dual-fuel Ro-Ro Guangrong (广荣) sailed from Nanjing Port’s Longtan area that morning with 1,530 Chinese new-energy vehicles bound for Barcelona, Spain, and Zeebrugge, Belgium. The sailing marks the official opening of a new Nanjing–Europe foreign-trade Ro-Ro route and adds a direct river–sea channel for Chinese cars to Europe.
Guangrong was built at Jinling Shipyard. It is 199.9 metres long, carries 7,800 standard cabin slots, and is currently the largest Ro-Ro vessel to berth at Nanjing—lifting maximum load capacity about 81% versus earlier Ro-Ro calls at the port. Xinhua Daily notes the ship had safely berthed at Longtan on 10 October for its first Nanjing auto-loading before the Europe departure.
Nanjing Port sits at the end of the Yangtze’s 12.5-metre deep-water channel and already runs 24 international container services. Port and city transport officials say local concentration, local departure and direct overseas delivery cut transfer and storage cost versus routing finished vehicles to coastal hubs first. Nanjing Jiangsheng Auto Terminal’s general manager said local OEMs previously had to wait for coastal space or ship schedules; a home-port Ro-Ro sailing gives another fixed option.
Port statistics cited by CCTV show Nanjing exported 13,900 vehicles via the port in 2025 and 29,100 in the first nine months of 2026. For procurement and logistics teams moving Yangtze-built NEVs or CKD/SKD to Europe, the practical next step is to ask for Guangrong’s follow-on sailing grid, Longtan cut-offs and whether Ro-Ro, containerised or mixed ‘parts-plus-vehicles’ products fit your booking.