The "Silk Road Maritime" annual conference of 2021 kicked off in Xiamen on December 20, when the 9th batch of six routes named "Silk Road Maritime" were announced to open. Among them, the new "Silk Road Maritime" route in Xiamen Port is to Southeast Asia, and is operated by Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. The intended port rotation is: Xiamen - Tanjung Pelepas - Singapore - Laem Chabang - Vung Tau - Xiamen. There are so far 86 routes named "Silk Road Maritime" (57 of which are in Xiamen Port) directing to the 102 ports of 29 countries; by this November, a total of 6,856 voyages had been completed, carrying 7.4042 million TEUs. From January to November this year, Xiamen Port had handled a total throughput of over 11 million TEUs, biding for the year's goal of 12 million TEUs.
