On May 15, full-scale construction officially commenced on the Phase V project of the Nansha Port Area at Guangzhou Port, located on Longxue Island in Nansha, Guangzhou. The project is a major national project under China's 14th Five-Year Plan and a key supporting project for the Greater Bay Area's world-class port cluster.

The project has a total estimated investment of 14.447 billion yuan and is designed with an annual container handling capacity of 6.7 million TEUs. Nansha Port Area's annual container handling capacity will increase to 35 million TEUs once completed, placing it among the world's leading single port areas.

According to the plan, the project will include four berths for 200,000-ton-class ocean-going container vessels, along with 15 berths for 5,000-ton-class container barges and five workboat berths. With a total shoreline length of over 3,800 meters, the project will enable all-weather berthing of the world's largest container vessels. The project will achieve a seamless connection between ocean shipping and inland waterway transport by adopting an innovative river-sea intermodal layout with seagoing vessels on the east side and barges on the west side, increasing the efficiency of river-sea intermodal transport.

On the same day, the "Jun Guang (浚广)," Asia's largest trailing suction hopper dredger, was put into service to support the project. The 35,000-cubic-meter vessel features a world-first adjustable twin-bow jetting system and a "one-key dredging" intelligent control system.