Optimizing maritime cooperation in the Yangtze River Delta region, the annual volume of the "Link Harbor Express" has exceeded 152,000 standard containers.

On April 16, it was learned from Shanghai Port and Lianyungang Port that the "Lian Shen Express" connecting Shanghai Port and Lianyungang Port had a cargo volume exceeding 152,000 TEUs in 2025, a year-on-year increase of over 20%, with double-digit growth for three consecutive years, doubling from 69,000 TEUs in 2022. In addition, the full-process CCA sea-rail intermodal "single window" operation in Lianyungang Port has been normalized, with a total of over 3,000 TEUs transported. The "Shanghai-Lianyungang Cross-port Cooperation New Model" has been selected as a case of institutional innovation in the Yangtze River Delta Free Trade Zone.