SITC and Dalian port to develop container business

Dalian Port Group and SITC Container Lines have inked a strategic cooperation agreement in Shanghai to expand container business together. Li Wancai, mayor of Dalian and Yang Shaopeng, chairman of SITC attended the signing ceremony, SinoShipNews reports.

According to the agreement, SITC Container Lines will construct a container transfer station with Dalian port to promote container business at the port.

In the first half of 2012 Dalian port achieved 3.62m teu container throughput, an increase of 24.6% year on year, among the fastest growers in the world.