On March 1, Zhonggu Shipping signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Anhui Provincial Port & Shipping Group to jointly promote the bulk carriers converted into container ships.
 
Anhui Port will promote railway and waterway combined transport and bulk carriers converted into container ships. In combination with the advantages of Zhonggu's high cube container increase no increase in price, the two sides jointly promote the development process of bulk carriers converted into container ships, multimodal transport and reduce logistics transportation costs.

It is understood that the strategy of bulk carriers converted into container ships is to change the transportation form of bulk cargo, for example the iron ore and coal to container transportation, so as to prevent cargo pollution and reduce transportation costs, and realize green transportation, which is a development trend in the future.

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