October 14, "star alliance no. 1" shidao new port to Tokyo first shipping ceremony was held, marking the official opening of the shipping line from shidao to Tokyo, Japan, becoming another important sea channel for our city's trade with Japan. The route is operated jointly by shidao group and Japan xiangsida shipping co., LTD., and it runs every week between shidao and international important ports such as Tokyo, yokohama and busan of South Korea. The opening of the air route can greatly shorten the transportation time, improve the operation efficiency, provide more convenient services for the majority of customers, and play a positive role in expanding the influence of shidao xingang in northeast Asia and promoting the establishment of an international port of shidao xingang. In recent years, the overall situation of shipping industry is relatively grim. Shidao group keeps innovating service mode, expanding service field, vigorously carrying out transshipment container business, creating characteristic operating brand, enhancing competitive advantage and occupying a place in the fierce market competition. At present, has successively opened to incheon, South Korea, the mountains, the passenger liner routes to busan, guang Yang and pyongtaek and Japan's kanto, kansai, kyushu, full container liner routes, to guangzhou, quanzhou domestic trade container routes and the feeder in Qingdao foreign trade, the port cargo total throughput keeps in a high level of 10 million tons.