【编者按】今年是中美建交40周年。岁月无声，光影留痕。7月3日，《跨越太平洋的交流与合作——上海纪念中美建交40周年》图片展在上海市档案馆（外滩馆）正式开幕。300余幅精心甄选的照片，记录了上海与美国各地方的交流合作进程。从这天起，我们挑选部分展出的档案照片，为大家讲述照片背后的故事。让我们一起重温过去，立足现在，展望未来。

　　1979年3月25日，“柳林海”号货轮由上海启航，横跨太平洋，于4月18日首次抵达美国西雅图港。从此，中美海上航线正式开通。“柳林海”号货轮船长贝汉廷率领船员列队下船参加庆祝大会，受到美国朋友和华侨热烈而隆重的欢迎。

　　2015年9月22日，习近平主席访美时曾说，中美建交刚刚3个多月，中国“柳林海”号货轮就抵达西雅图港，结束两国几十年不曾通航的历史。

　　On March 25, 1979,　"Liulinhai" left Shanghai. It sailed across the Pacific Ocean and arrived at the Seattle port on April 18. With this voyage, the maritime shipping route between the two countries was reopened. Bei Hanting, captain of “Liulinhai”, and the crew descended the ship to attend a celebration on the dock. They received a warm welcome from the American friends and overseas Chinese.

　　When he visited the United States on September 22, 2015, President Xi Jinping said that a Chinese cargo ship,　"Liulinhai", arrived at the Seattle port three months after China and the U.S. established diplomatic relations. That ended the history of no shipping service between the two countries for several decades.

　　1979年3月，“柳林海”号货轮从上海首航美国西雅图，标志着中断30年的中美海运恢复。

　　"Liulinhai", an ocean liner, made its maiden voyage from Shanghai to Seattle in March, 1979. It symbolizes the resumption of maritime shipping between China and the United States after a break of 30 years.

　　“柳林海”号首任船长贝汉廷，生于1926年3月，1949年6月毕业于吴淞商船专科学校航海系，长期从事远洋运输事业，先后到过40多个国家和地区的80多个港口，1985年在执行任务途中病逝。图为船长贝汉廷。

　　Bei Hanting, the first captain of "Liulinhai", born in March 1926 and graduated from the Navigation Department of Shanghai Wusong Merchant Marine College in June 1949, had a long career in ocean shipping, who had been to over 80 ports in more than 40 counties and regions. He died of illness while on duty in 1985.

　　“柳林海”，1971年在挪威建造，后由中国购得，因作为中美恢复外交关系后首航美国的中国远洋船而闻名。1979年 1月，中美两国正式建交。同年2月，中远总公司与莱克斯公司签订协议，由中远总公司和莱克斯公司各派一艘船舶驶往对方国家。1979年3月25日，第一艘悬挂中华人民共和国国旗的中选货轮“柳林海”号从上海港出发，横跨太平洋，于4月18日抵达美国西雅图港，恢复了中断30年的中美两国海上运输航线。

　　美国政府非常重视这次首航，举行盛大的欢迎仪式。码头悬挂了“热烈欢迎中国柳林海轮首航美国抵西雅图”、“中美人民友谊万岁"、“热烈欢迎我们中国朋友”等中英文横幅。

　　"Liulinhai, an ocean liner made in Norway in 1971 and later purchased by China, becomes known for its maiden voyage to the United States after China-U.S diplomatic normalization. China and the United States establishes diplomatic relations in January, 1979. In February, COSCO and Lydes Line of the United States sign an agreement to send one vessel each to each other's counties.　"Liulinhai" the first COSCO freighter, flying the national flag of the People's Republic of China, leaves the Shanghai port on a voyage across the Pacific to the United States on March 25 and arrives at the Seattle port on April 18. It marks the resumption of maritime shipping between China and the United States after a break of 30 years.　(1979)

　　The U.S. government attaches great importance to this maiden voyage and holds a grand welcoming ceremony. Banners in Engish and Chinese,　"Warm Welcome to Maiden Voyage by 'Liulinhai' of China to Seattle, the United Sates",　"Long Live the Friendship between the Peoples of the United States and China" and "Warm Welcome to Our Chinese Friends", arehung above the wharf.(1979)

　　图为中国驻美第一任大使柴泽民（左五）在欢迎仪式上致辞

　　Picture shows Chai Zemin (fifth left), the first ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the United States, delivers a speech at the welcoming ceremony.

　　图为西雅图港务局局长向“柳林海”号船长贝汉廷授港图

　　Picture shows the Seattle port commissioner presents the port plan to Bei Hanting captain of "Liulinhai".

　　图为“柳林海”船员走下旋梯，走在最前的为贝汉廷船长

　　Picture shows the crew descend from the vessel, with Captain Bei Hanting at the front.

　　鸣谢：中国远洋海运集团