Storyline: 2025 Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum reaches consensus on multilateralism, dialogues [Voice_over] The Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum has released two consensus documents, showing global port groups are unanimous in their support of multilateralism and their calls for dialogue and negotiation to resolve disputes. Tariff abuse, economic fluctuations, and geopolitical tensions make such consensus crucial in the current day. [Sound_bite] Cedric Virciglio, Strategic Planning and Forecasting Director, Haropa Port, France: "It's only with cooperation that we can overcome the different challenges that we have to face. With Ningbo, we have a very old cooperation." [Sound_bite] Taing Samoeun, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Cambodia: "For Cambodia, as a small country and also a long-term friend with China, we would see more opportunities, especially in enhancing our cooperation of our two countries in the future, and as Cambodia is now looking to strengthen in terms of port service building capacity." [Voice_over] The shipping industry is the backbone and barometer of the global economy. Over 1,000 guests attended the four-day forum. More than 200 of them were foreign guests from 44 countries and regions. [Sound_bite] Otu Ita Otu, Special Adviser to the Governor of Cross River State, Nigeria: "In my country, in my state, we are trying to build a deep sea port. China has experience in building a deep sea port. We need to come down here, me and my colleague, to make sure that we see the technology they have here and learn from it." [Voice_over] The city of Ningbo has the world’s largest port. It’s connected to over 200 countries and regions, and over 600 ports. The release of shipping consensus, along with a variety of deals signed at the forum, shows a unified call from the shipping industry for multilateralism rather than economic decoupling. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]