Power supplier boosts upgrade of key land port in Shandong

To open up new transport and logistics channels with the rest of the world, East China's Shandong province is trying to forge a container transport pattern with Qingdao Port working in the east, and Linqing Port operating in the west. It also wants to cooperate with 17 world-renowned shipping companies, including Maersk, the world's largest container transport company, and another key player Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, to link Linqing with any port in the world. On Nov 3, 2023, Luxi International Land Port started its upgrade and expansion project in a planned land area of 12.5 hectares, including building an 110,000-square-meter container yard, extended railway lines and some supporting facilities. Upon receiving the port's electricity application, Shandong Liaocheng Power Supply Company of State Grid immediately launched a three-in-one service, electricity installation and high-standard connection, and set up a "one-stop" team to better serve the land port. Within three working days, staffers from the company completed their on-site check and application response, while also helping the port optimize its configuration of electrical equipment, said Guo Shuya, a staffer from Liaocheng Power Supply Co. She noted that during the acceptance stage, her unit improved power transmission efficiency through its "cloud services" for the land port, which greeted the new power transmission on Nov 17.