The port is busy, and the vitality of foreign trade is surging
At the point where the river reaches the sea, port operations are busy. During the National Day holiday, major ships and loading and unloading at various ports are busy, promoting the fast in and out of domestic and foreign trade goods.
On the coast of the East China Sea, four container ships are arranged in a straight line, with fully automatic bridge cranes for precise lifting and landing, and over a hundred automatic guided vehicles silently shuttling. Three days before the National Day holiday, the automated terminal of Yangshan Deepwater Port Phase IV in Shanghai International Shipping Center had accumulated operations exceeding 79000 TEUs, an increase of 18.7% compared to the same period last year; Expected to accumulate over 180000 TEUs of homework during the 7-day holiday. The intelligent scheduling of the entire process of ship berthing and departure, cargo loading and unloading, and route connection maximizes the release of port throughput efficiency, "said Huang Hua, Chief Remote Operator of Shangdong Branch of Shanghai Port Group.
As an important hub connecting domestic and international dual circulation, ports can be regarded as a barometer of economic development. In the first eight months of this year, China's total import and export value of goods trade increased by 17.6% year-on-year; The port's cargo throughput reached 12.06 billion tons, with a year-on-year increase of 2.8% in foreign trade throughput.
By the Beibu Gulf, trains shuttle back and forth; During the National Day holiday, the automated container terminal at Qinzhou Port in Guangxi will operate continuously 24 hours a day, with an estimated throughput of 45000 TEUs from October 1st to 7th. On September 16th, the Pinglu Canal was officially opened, and the "circle of friends" in this sea area expanded accordingly: iron ore and car parts from Yunnan and Guizhou were transported southward through intermodal transportation to ASEAN; Coal and bauxite from Guinea and Laos travel north along the canal and enter the southwestern hinterland.
The sea voyage has been significantly shortened. Recently, many new customers have been added to Guigang, Nanning, Baise, Yunguichuan and other places in Guangxi, "said Zhang Minghe, Deputy Manager of the Operations Department of Honggang Terminal Co., Ltd. in Qinzhou Bonded Port Area, Guangxi.
Turning to the northeast, on the afternoon of October 7th, the European route of the Ocean Alliance, the "Eastern Sweden" ship, docked steadily at the Dalian Container Terminal in Liaoning, and seven loading and unloading lines were simultaneously operating. Dalian Container Terminal Co., Ltd. undertakes over 98% of the foreign trade container transportation volume in Northeast China and has opened 5 new foreign trade routes this year. In less than 20 hours of docking time, we need to complete the loading and unloading of nearly 4900 TEUs, "said Qiu Li, the duty manager of the Operations Department of Dalian Container Terminal Co., Ltd. During the National Day holiday, the volume of container terminal operations continued to remain high, and the total unloading volume is expected to increase by about 20% year-on-year." This includes grain shipped to southern provinces, as well as precision instruments, vehicles, equipment components, etc. shipped to Europe
During the National Day holiday, port upgrades will not be suspended.
The construction of the third automated dock in Shanghai Port and the Xiaoyangshan North Operation Area project is in full swing, with all five automated shore cranes in place. Qin Tao, Deputy Commander in Chief of the Engineering Command Department of Shanggang Group, introduced that this new automated terminal will iteratively upgrade Shanggang's independently developed next-generation intelligent operation management system for automated terminals.
Qinzhou Port automated container terminal, with five 5000 ton river sea intermodal automated container berths being constructed simultaneously, and large excavation machinery roaring incessantly. Soon, river boats from the Pinglu Canal will be able to dock with sea boats, and goods will be transported through equipment such as gantry cranes, belt conveyors, and floating cranes to achieve "water to water transfer, direct unloading, and direct loading", reducing landing and warehousing processes and greatly increasing efficiency.
60 automated terminals have been built and put into operation nationwide, including 30 automated container terminals, accounting for 27% of the global total; The fastest single machine operation efficiency of automated terminals in Shanghai Port and Qingdao Port in Shandong Province exceeds 60 natural containers per hour, and the average stay time of international container ships in major coastal ports is 1.7 days.