The cargo ship Hamburg Highway, operated by Japan's KLINE, left Yantai Port, a subsidiary of Shandong Port Group, and headed to the Middle East on May 16, making the official launch of the Yantai - Middle East foreign trade ro-ro (roll-on roll-off) shipping route.

5月16日，川崎汽船“汉堡快线”轮在山东港口烟台港驶向中东，标志着“烟台-中东”外贸滚装航线成功开通。

The cargo ship Hamburg Highway is with 1,137 export vehicles while docking at the port of Yantai in East China's Shandong province. [Photo/WeChat account: sdjtys]

川崎汽船“汉堡快线”轮在山东港口烟台港顺利装载1137辆出口车，驶向中东。

Currently, Japan's KLINE has opened four ro-ro shipping routes at Yantai Port, while the other three routes are from Yantai to Mexico, the west region of North America, and South America, all of which are expected to help Yantai Port expand the international route network.

此次中东航线是KLINE公司在烟台港继墨西哥航线、北美西航线、南美航线之外开通的又一全新航线，该航线将进一步织密烟台港国际滚装航线网络布局。

Yantai Port, an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative, has witnessed a huge increase in the commercial vehicle business since this year, and made great breakthroughs in the construction of a multimodal transport channel. A number of river-sea shipping routes have been developed by the port, aiming to build a new channel for water transportation around the Bohai Sea.

今年以来，山东港口烟台港发挥“一带一路”海陆交汇点重要作用，加强商品车航线市场开发，不断增强航线规模。烟台港开通众多河海航线，着力构建环渤海水水转运新通道。

Efforts have also been made to improve transport efficiency, reduce logistics costs and benefit more enterprises in order to boost the high-quality development of Yantai Port.

与此同时，烟台港着力提高运输效率，减少物流成本，惠及更多企业，实现港口高质量发展。

Official data indicates that in the first four months of the year, Yantai Port has exported more than 40 kinds of vehicles, which include passenger cars, light trucks, heavy trucks, and machinery engineering vehicles.

官方数据显示，今年1至4月，该港累计出口货物品类拓展至轿车、轻卡、重卡、工程机械等40余种。