The first batch of durians, which were shipped from Thailand's Laem Chabang Port, took four days to reach Nansha by direct voyage on April 14. Under the efficient supervision of Nansha Customs, durians that meet inspection and release requirements can be transported to the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in two hours, and can be distributed to major cities across China within 24 hours.
Guangzhou's Nansha Port has become China's largest durian import seaport, with 10 direct "durian express" routes per week from Laem Chabang to Nansha. According to Nansha Customs, this year's durian import season runs from mid-to-late April through June, with the peak period expected from late April to May, when weekly durian arrivals could exceed 1,000 containers. Thanks to bumper harvests in major producing regions such as Thailand and Vietnam, maritime durian imports during this year's durian season are expected to increase by 30 percent year-on-year.
To cope with the concentrated arrival of durians during the peak season, Nansha Customs has deployed high-definition surveillance cameras at key points such as berths and cranes. It uses 5G technology to collect container information in real time during unloading, and gives priority boarding inspections to "durian express" vessels. In the first quarter of this year, Nansha Customs supervised 152,000 metric tons of imported fruit, a year-on-year increase of 13.3 percent.
Reporter | Li Xindi
Photo | Nansha Customs
