On July 17, the "2M" Alliance -- Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping -- opened the second European container international lane at Tianjin Port and this new shipping route is also the third new lane opened for "the 21 century Maritime Silk Road" this year.

The new lane starts from Tianjin Port, calls at Pusan, Korea; Shanghai, China; Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Suez, Egypt; Bremen, Germany and Hamburg, Germany, etc. and ends at Gothenburg, Sweden.

This shipping route is the largest international container liner lane with about 5,000 standard containers per voyage.

The director of container business department of Tianjin Port Group Corporation Ltd. said the new lane improves the pivotal status of Tianjin Port in the Bo Hai Coastal Region and supports the "One belt, one road" policy.

Tianjin Port is an important strategic pivot of the international trade with North Asia, South Asia, Europe, America and Africa. The port has trade relations with more than 500 ports of over 180 countries and districts globally.