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

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.

Xinhua: Lianyungang loads 5,910 China-made cars on Mexico ro-ro sailing

Xinhua reported that on 1 November 2026 at Lianyungang Port's Orient terminal ro-ro berth in Jiangsu, an ocean ro-ro ship prepared to load 5,910 China-made cars for sea shipment to Mexico. The Lianyungang-Mexico ro-ro route opened on 30 September 2021 and has since expanded, giving Chinese auto exporters another dedicated ocean channel to the Mexican market.