Quzhou Container House Transportation

Quzhou's container house transportation mainly relies on the local logistics network, port facilities, and multimodal transportation system to achieve efficient operation, covering both domestic and foreign trade transportation scenarios and forming a logistics corridor with Qujiang Port as the core and radiating to the Yangtze River Delta and central and western regions.

1. Water transportation hub centered on Qujiang Port

Qujiang Port is the core node of container transportation in Quzhou. It has built a customs supervision operation site, divided into customs inspection areas, quarantine treatment areas, and container storage areas, and is equipped with facilities such as inspection and quarantine houses and inspection warehouses. Its functions focus on the large-scale import of general cargo, conversion of general cargo to containers, and export of containers, creating a demonstration platform for river-sea combined transportation. For example, in 2024, the container throughput of Quzhou Port reached 12,500 TEUs. By the end of October 2025, it had exceeded 15,000 TEUs, and it is expected to reach 20,000 TEUs by the end of the year. The port has compressed the handling time per container through process optimization and yard adjustment, implemented a 24-hour operation mechanism, achieved the goal of ships being unloaded immediately upon arrival and leaving the port without delay, and set up dedicated unboxing areas for special cargo such as coal to ensure efficient cargo transfer.

2. Multimodal transportation system and liner operation

Quzhou has built a dual container transportation guarantee through the mechanism of "river-sea combined transportation + water-rail combined transportation". For example, the regular liner of the "Quzhou-Zhapu-Ningbo" foreign trade CCA route departs from Quzhou with loaded containers every Wednesday and Saturday, forming a stable schedule. This route cooperates with Mediterranean Shipping Company and Ningbo Ocean Shipping, implementing preferential policies with the same prices as Zhapu Port, reducing the comprehensive logistics costs of local foreign trade enterprises. In addition, Quzhou Port has opened 28 water-adapted route networks, covering 7 provinces and 32 cities, and has upgraded the waterway grade through the "four-to-three" waterway project, enabling the passage of 1,000-ton vessels in the future.

3. Logistics enterprise collaboration and empty vehicle matching mode

The professional information departments, freight forwarding stations, and logistics companies in Quzhou integrate cargo sources and empty vehicle resources through digital platforms, forming an efficient matching mechanism of "cargo sources - vehicle sources". For example, after the containers arriving at Quzhou from Ningbo Port are unloaded, the freight forwarding station can quickly match the return cargo from Quzhou to Fujian, achieving a two-way circulation of "full load on the outbound journey and no empty return on the inbound journey" and reducing transportation costs. Logistics companies also provide customized transportation solutions, designing professional loading and protection measures for goods such as machinery, chemicals, and agricultural products, and improving resource utilization by analyzing cargo flow and vehicle empty running patterns through intelligent scheduling systems.

4. Policy support and cost optimization

Quzhou provides subsidies to logistics enterprises engaged in railway or water container combined transportation business: 200 yuan per TEU within the base number of loaded containers in the previous year and 400 yuan per TEU for the part exceeding the base. Since 2024, companies such as MobiGarden have reduced logistics costs in the supply chain by more than 15% through customized logistics services. In addition, Quzhou Port encourages enterprises to use the "road-to-water" online digital application platform to accurately calculate freight volume, carbon emission reduction, and energy consumption indicators, and obtain energy consumption budget rewards. For example, Zhejiang Juhua Group reduces the freight cost per ton by 30 yuan through water transportation for exporting calcium chloride compared with railway transportation, saving 18,000 yuan for a single trip of 600 tons of cargo.