A cargo vessel carrying 146 engineering vehicles is about to head for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya, from Zhangjiagang of Jiangsu Province on March 1, 2025, which marks the inauguration of a new shipping route between China and Africa under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo/Xing Bin)

A cargo vessel carrying 146 engineering vehicles is about to head for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya, from Zhangjiagang of Jiangsu Province on March 1, 2025, which marks the inauguration of a new shipping route between China and Africa under the Belt and Road Initiative. (Photo/Xing Bin)

A vehicle is loaded onto a cargo vessel at a terminal of Zhangjiagang Port Group on March 1, 2025. (Photo/Xing Bin)

The vessel carrying 146 engineering vehicles departed for the ports of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and Mombasa in Kenya, marking the inauguration of a new trade route between China and Africa under the Belt and Road Initiative.