Seizing the Free Trade Port Opportunity, Hainan and Shandong Collaborate to Build an International Logistics Corridor

OnDecember 11, 2025, the Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred toas Shandong Port) Supply Chain Comprehensive Services (Hainan) Cooperation andExchange Conference was held in Haikou City. The conference focused on themajor national strategy of building Hainan Free Trade Port, fully leveragingthe advantages of Shandong Port's supply chain comprehensive services, deeplycombining Hainan's policy advantages and resource endowments, strengthening theinterconnection between Qiong and Shandong provinces, accelerating theconstruction of an international logistics corridor, and gathering new momentumfor the high standard construction of Hainan Free Trade Port and promotinghigh-quality development in Hainan.

As astrong and nationally renowned port operator, Shandong Port holds cooperationand exchange meetings to accurately connect with Hainan's industrial andshipping development, further extend comprehensive supply chain services, andachieve interconnection between industrial services and consumption. This is astrategic layout to serve the country's major strategy and a practical measureto smooth the north-south supply chain channel.

Hainan, asthe largest economic special zone and the only tropical island province inChina, has unique advantages in location, resources, and policies. The entry ofShandong ports into Hainan is a result of seizing the opportunity, followingthe trend, and accumulating momentum.

Based onthe development needs and policy advantages of Hainan's industries, Shandongports will further improve the comprehensive "toolkit" of portshipping coordination, modern logistics, international trade, supply chainfinance, and other elements and processes, and customize high-quality, highvalue-added comprehensive services for our customers.

At themeeting, Shandong Port promoted its comprehensive supply chain service system,while Qingdao Port, Yantai Port, Investment Control Group, Shandong OceanShipping, Trade Group, and Overseas Development Group respectively conductedbusiness promotions, showcasing Shandong Port's "one-stop" and"integrated" supply chain comprehensive service capabilities.

Theunveiling of Shandong Ocean Shipping Group (Hainan) Co., Ltd. at the same timeas the conference will rely on Hainan's unique policy opening advantages andhub location conditions to further optimize the route network, expand logisticschannels, promote resource coordination between Qiong and Shandong provinces,and continue to inject vigorous momentum into the construction of Hainan FreeTrade Port; The unveiling of the Yangpu Port Public Dangerous Goods StorageYard Project in Hainan Province will serve as the first unified andstandardized hazardous chemical professional storage yard in Hainan Free TradePort, further strengthening the international hub port function of Yangpu Port andproviding strong support for the construction of a billion dollar petrochemicalindustry cluster in Yangpu Economic Development Zone.

In thesigning process, Shandong Port signed contracts with the Danzhou MunicipalGovernment, Shandong Port Qingdao Port, Yantai Port, Investment Control Group,Shandong Ocean Shipping, Trade Group, and Overseas Development Group signedcontracts with key enterprises, and Shandong Port Hainan Company signedcontracts with six key customers.