View of a bustling Xiamen Port. [Photo provided to swj.xm.gov.cn]

Xiamen Port delivered an impressive performance across multiple fronts in 2025: the volume of rail-sea intermodal containers grew by 25 percent year-on-year; cruise passenger throughput remained the third highest in China; vessel efficiency in port and at berth continued to lead globally; and it once again received the highest rating in the annual Top 10 Container Port Business Environment Assessment.

On April 7, 2025, Xiamen Port signed a sister port agreement with the Port of Valencia in Spain, increasing the total number of its international sister ports to 19. On May 16, Fujian's first direct shipping service to Ecuador was launched. 

By the end of 2025, Xiamen Port operated 185 container liner routes, connecting to 147 ports across 54 countries and regions.

Xiamen Port has provided precise support for the safe and efficient export of the "new three" major products — new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products. On Feb 23, 2025, the port opened a new shipping channel for super-heavy energy storage containers. 

It also released China's first guideline for the safe maritime transport of containerized lithium battery energy storage systems, with lithium battery exports accounting for over 90 percent of Fujian's total.

Xiamen Port joined the ranks of the few ports in China with bonded LNG bunkering capability on Nov 7, marking another step in its green upgrading.

Located in the cruise homeport area, Minnan Timewalk, the country's first Minnan-themed immersive park, opened last year. 

Xiamen Port has also integrated regional resources such as Gulangyu Island, and Fujian tulou, to launch multi-day combined itineraries under the "cruise + Fujian tour" product series.