Recently, Guangzhou Port's Nansha Port Area welcomed the maiden call of CMA CGM's new Asia–Europe express service, the Ocean Rise Express (OCR). A flagship weekly premium service rolled out by CMA CGM in 2026, the OCR deploys 14 container vessels of 7,000–10,000 TEU on the following rotation: Rotterdam–Hamburg–Southampton–Jeddah–Nansha–Kobe–Nagoya–Yokohama–Xiamen–Yantian–Djibouti–Rotterdam.

 

The OCR service links the core trade markets of Europe and Asia, making Nansha a South China hub with direct connections to Asia and the first Chinese port of call on the return leg from Europe. Cargo from Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Southampton can reach Nansha without delay—Southampton to Nansha takes as little as 31 days. The drastically shortened transit time optimizes the efficiency of South China's import supply chain and gives Pearl River Delta foreign-trade companies an efficient, convenient direct Asia–Europe corridor.

 

As a core hub of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou Port's Nansha Port Area continues to expand its international shipping network and upgrade its foreign trade hub capacity. The maiden OCR call further enriches Nansha's portfolio of Asia–Europe services and builds trade links between the Greater Bay Area and key overseas markets such as Europe and Northeast Asia, helping regional businesses integrate more deeply into global industrial and supply chains and injecting robust shipping impetus into the high-quality growth of foreign trade in the Greater Bay Area.（Text by Wu Yongyu  Photo by Zhou Zhihao）