Recently, the "Voyager" ship loaded with 37,000 tons of fertilizer set sail from Shandong Rizhao Port, bound for the South American country of Brazil, to deliver "supplies" for local agricultural production.

Brazil is the world's large agricultural producer and the world's largest importer of fertilizers, with more than 85% of its annual fertilizer demand dependent on the international market. As the world's largest fertilizer producer, China is also one of the main sources of Brazilian fertilizer imports, and the cooperation between the two countries in the field of fertilizer trade is deepening.

In particular, in September and October every year, Brazil ushered in the golden period of soybean planting, and the demand for fertilizer rose sharply, providing a broad space for Chinese fertilizer products to enter the Brazilian market.

In order to cope with the challenges of "tight time and heavy tasks" in agricultural materials trade, Rizhao Port arranges fertilizer storage points inside and outside the port, builds an efficient and collaborative operation system, and implements the loading process of loading trucks directly to the front of the berth, shortens the cargo transfer time, optimizes the cargo gathering link, and ensures the efficient execution of ship operations and the continuity of cargo supply.

At the same time, on the basis of traditional bulk cargo grab loading, actively explore the path of process innovation, transform the open-top container into a special container, and realize the complementary advantages of the "bulk + collection" loading mode through the container flip loading process, broaden the scope of application of fertilizer loading operations, and increase the loading efficiency by more than 30%.

"In view of the urgency of the crop planting window, we specially tailored the service plan for Voyager to speed up cargo handling and port operation, and ensure that this batch of ammonium sulfate fertilizer can reach Brazil quickly to help the local soybean golden planting season." Rizhao Port Co., LTD. Third port branch responsible person said.

Since the integrated reform and development of Shandong port, Rizhao Port has joined hands with trading groups and logistics groups to actively develop urea, ammonium sulfate, potash and other fertilizer businesses, successfully attracted agricultural materials enterprises to settled in Rizhao, built a fertilizer industry chain layout of "front port and back factory", and made every effort to build a "world-class supply chain comprehensive service system relying on the port".

Source: Shandong port