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Nanjing-Europe car shipping route opens with voyage to Spain and Belgium
A new direct shipping route between Nanjing, China, and Europe began on October 11.
The ship Guangrong left Nanjing Port carrying 1,530 cars from Chinese brands bound for Spain and Belgium.
The route is Nanjing Port’s third direct international roll-on/roll-off service, which carries vehicles onto ships on their wheels.
It gives carmakers in the region a way to send vehicles overseas without first transferring them at a coastal port.
That could shorten shipping times and lower export costs.
Nanjing Port exported about 13,900 cars in 2025 and about 29,100 in the first three quarters of 2026.
The new route is intended to support the international growth of carmakers in the Yangtze River Delta region.
The Nanjing-Europe roll-on/roll-off shipping route opened on October 11, with the vessel Guang Rong sailing to Spain and Belgium.
The ship departed Nanjing Port after loading 1,530 vehicles made by Chinese domestic brands.
The new route lets vehicles travel from production bases to Europe without first being transferred through coastal ports.
The service is intended to shorten shipping times and reduce export logistics costs for carmakers in the region.
Nanjing Port now has three direct international roll-on/roll-off routes.
- Who
- The Guang Rong vessel and Nanjing Port opened the route, carrying vehicles made by Chinese domestic brands.
- What
- A direct roll-on/roll-off shipping route from Nanjing to Europe began operating.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- The vessel sailed from Nanjing Port to Spain and Belgium.
- Why
- The route is intended to shorten logistics times and reduce vehicle export costs.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Local collection, local departure and direct overseas service will lower logistics costs for complete vehicle exports and improve transport efficiency, providing logistics support for the international development of the Yangtze River Delta automotive industry cluster.
The Guang Rong docked at Nanjing Port.
After loading 1,530 vehicles, the Guang Rong sailed for Spain and Belgium, inaugurating the route.
- Vehicles loaded
- 1,530
- Destinations
- Spain and Belgium
- Vessel
- Guang Rong
- Route opened
- October 11, 2026
- Direct international roll-on/roll-off routes at Nanjing Port
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