Cold chain logistics is the “pearl” of the logistics industry. In the national map of cold chain logistics, Ningbo, relying on the advantage of “the largest port in the world”, is making efforts to become an important bridgehead in eastern China.
Recently, an important signing ceremony has attracted the attention of the national logistics industry and related enterprises in Zhejiang. On June 24th, Ningbo Commerce and Trade Group and Vanke Logistics held a signing ceremony for strategic cooperation, and heavyweight guests gathered. The signing ceremony for the investment agreement of Ningbo Meishan International Cold Chain Co., Ltd., Zhongji Commerce (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. and Wanwei Logistics Development Co., Ltd. was also held together, which marked the step of Ningbo Meishan International Cold Chain Platform Project.
Create a new “hard core” to strengthen Hong Kong
Transnational fresh-keeping, cold chain home delivery, vaccine refrigerated transportation … all these are inseparable from “cold chain logistics”. According to big data, the scale of China’s cold chain logistics market will exceed 500 billion yuan in 2021, and it is expected to become a trillion-dollar blue ocean market by 2025.
Facing the huge development space of cold chain logistics industry, Ningbo has made great efforts to build an international cold chain supply chain hub port in recent years, hoping to give full play to the advantages of port resources, take Ningbo as a base, radiate the Yangtze River Economic Belt and surrounding markets, and strive to become the “first echelon” of cold chain logistics in China.
Meishan international cold chain platform project is the top priority. Meishan international cold chain platform is located in the center of Meishan Bonded Port Area in Ningbo, with international waterway and international anchorage in the east, Beilun Port Area in the north, Zhoushan Islands in the south and Xiangshan Port in the west. The project covers an area of about 400 mu, with a total investment of about 3 billion yuan and a total construction area of about 350,000 square meters. It will be equipped with 7 modern multi-temperature high-standard warehouses and 4 fully automatic three-dimensional cold storages. After the completion of the project, it is estimated that the cold storage capacity will reach 320,000 tons, and the annual cargo turnover will exceed 1.35 million tons. It will integrate cold chain logistics, warehousing and processing, customs declaration and international trade, and will become an important gathering place for import and export cold chain logistics in the Yangtze River Delta and an international food cold chain processing trade port radiating the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
The first phase of the project started in December 2021 and is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of 2023. The overall project will be fully completed in 2025. Ningbo is expected to become the fourth largest cold chain hub port in China after the production.
Join forces to speed up the layout and grab the position
As a state-owned enterprise in Ningbo, Ningbo Commerce and Trade Group Co., Ltd. mainly undertakes the important tasks of people’s livelihood, such as investment and construction of important commodity markets, commodity circulation and supply management of vegetable baskets, etc. Its subordinate market transaction area is 480,000 square meters, and it undertakes the supply tasks of 90% vegetables, 90% fruits and 95% aquatic products in Ningbo urban area, with an annual transaction volume of more than 14 billion yuan.
At the signing ceremony, Zhang Xingbo, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Municipal Commerce and Trade Group, signed a contract with Zhang Xu, a partner of Vanke Group and chairman of Vanke Logistics. According to reports, the reason why the city business group joins hands with Vanke Logistics is to see..Its strong industrial layout and operational capabilities.
According to public information, Shenzhen Vanke Logistics Investment Co., Ltd. (Wanwei Logistics) was established in 2015. It is an independent logistics brand under Vanke Group and has become a leading logistics service provider in China. Wanwei’s core business covers more than 40 cities in China, with a storage scale of 11 million square meters. It has served more than 1,000 global suppliers such as Wal-Mart, Sam member stores and Yum! China in two major business directions: high-standard storage and cold chain logistics. In 2018, Wanwei Logistics will integrate Swire cold chain logistics platform and accelerate the layout of the national business map of cold chain logistics.
As the city’s “super freezer”, the design standards of three 36-meter-high automatic warehouses of Meishan International Cold Chain Platform are first-class in the world and leading in China. High-quality hardware requires a strong soft power service provider, and the operational capability of Wanwei Logistics just complements the hardware. At the same time, Ningbo has the advantage of a big port, which is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the north-south coastal transportation corridor of China. It is an important node in the east of the national’ four verticals and four horizontals’ cold chain logistics corridor and has excellent development conditions. These are also one of the important factors that attract Vanke to accelerate the layout of Ningbo.
The future of cold chain platform can be expected.
It is understood that during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, Ningbo Commerce and Trade Group will take cold chain logistics as the core, reconstruct and expand the main business sectors such as wholesale market, import and export trade, retail network and industrial services, and take new steps to build a regional first-class modern food industry chain group.
In the near future, Brazilian beef, Russian king crab, Norwegian tuna, Chilean cherries and other preferred cold chain fresh products will gradually cover Ningbo and surrounding markets through Meishan international cold chain platform, and radiate Jiangxi, Hubei, Chongqing and other central and western regions through the Yangtze River Economic Belt, so consumers will eat more cheap and excellent overseas products. At the same time, a large number of trade, distribution processing, e-commerce and logistics service enterprises will enter the platform, effectively forming an industrial agglomeration and coordination mechanism between upstream and downstream of the supply chain, and vigorously introducing them will boost the growth of foreign trade imports, tax revenue, employment and other indicators in Ningbo area.
In addition to the Meishan cold chain platform project, in the next step, Ningbo Commerce and Vanke Logistics will also be deeply connected in terms of resources, technology, management and talents, and explore broader cooperation opportunities in Ningbo.
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(Contributed by Ningbo Municipal Commission of Commerce)