Recently, under the full escort of the Guangzhou Maritime Department, the "Harmony" carrying 39,300 tons of imported South African soybeans successfully docked at the Nansha Grain General Terminal of Guangzhou Port. This is the first time that Guangzhou Port has unloaded South African soybeans, and it is also the first batch of South African imports in my country. Soybeans.
The Guangzhou Maritime Department attaches great importance to the unloading of South African soybeans on the "Harmony", actively connects ships and terminals, grasps shipping schedules in advance, and opens up a "green channel" for grain transportation ships. Relying on information technology such as VHF and smart supervision systems, Timely release of hydrological and meteorological information, optimize the approval process, and implement "priority in and out of ports, priority in berthing and unberthing, priority in loading and unloading, and priority in inspection" to improve ship turnover and operation efficiency.
It is reported that in recent years, under the BRICS cooperation mechanism, China has helped Africa expand the cultivation of food crops, encouraged Chinese companies to increase agricultural investment in Africa, strengthened agricultural science and technology cooperation in the seed industry, and helped Africa's agricultural transformation and upgrading.
This soybean unloading operation is the first batch of soybeans that my country has imported from South Africa since China and South Africa signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements for South African soybeans exported to China in June 2022. South Africa has become the fourth country to import soybeans to China after Ethiopia, Benin and Tanzania. African countries exporting soybeans.
