News / Yangshan double-berths feeders to speed up Yangtze Delta deliveries

Shanghai’s Yangshan Port has started double-berthing feeder vessels to speed up the transfer of cargo and deliveries to industries upriver.

Double-berthing involves parking one feeder vessel on the outside of another at the wharf so bridge cranes can work on both simultaneously, conducting loading and unloading operations. A patrol vessel is on standby at the berth, in case of an accident.

Port officials said that the more-timely delivery of goods in the hinterland along the Yangtze River helped the development of nearby ...