BIEJING : Relying on its port resources, COSCO SHIPPING Logistics has been promoting the innovation of transportation mode through innovative measures for the management, service, and marketing of bulk grain logistics business with a view to maintaining an unimpeded channel for food transportation to safeguard national food security.

More efficient food transportation through platform-based operations

Recently, COSCO SHIPPING BFT Logistics (Yingkou) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of COSCO SHIPPING Logistics, successfully completed the transfer and shipment of 

1,136 trucks, 316 trains and 160 containers of grain through close cooperation with port terminals, truck fleets, railroads, and customers. By overcoming various problems caused by the mixed application of transportation modes and simultaneous stock-in and stock-out operations, the company formulated a specialized operation solution, which helped it transship more than 70,000 tons of grain in different operational modes within five days.

By taking advantage of its platform-based operation to integrate all kinds of logistics resources and reduce grain circulation costs, BFT Logistics is able to provide customers with integrated grain logistics solutions with full traceability from the place of origin to the transportation hub and destination of marketing, and open up logistics channels from Northeast China to South China and Southwest China.

Relying on its independently designed and developed intelligent business system, BFT Logistics improved the efficiency of field operation by nearly 30% to greatly increase its transshipment operation capacity. Meanwhile, the application of the intelligent business system also enabled customers to learn about the cargo status, operation data and vehicle information in real time, so that they could promptly adjust the operation plan according to the actual situation with higher communication efficiency. The service offered by BFT Logistics was highly praised and recognized by the customers.

In two and a half months, since the harvest of autumn grain in Northeast China this year, BFT Logistics has transshipped 760,000 tons of grain to various ports in the south through its platform, with a monthly average transit volume of 300,000 tons. By early December, it has transshipped more than 1.9 million tons of grain this year, an increase of 35% 

year-over-year.