On the 3740m long quayside, four container ships stop in one line, and continuously loaded and unloaded trucks shuttle under the bridge crane; The whistle of the railway station adjacent to the storage yard, the container train slowly pulled into the station track, and the sea rail intermodal transport was handed over here… The busy Ningbo Zhoushan Port Chuanshan Port reflects the “open” world trade.
Keep in mind the ardent instructions and give play to the “hard core” force. Since this year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has worked hard to overcome the impact of international epidemic and trade frictions, actively integrated into the new development pattern, and handed over the latest report card. From January to May, the cargo throughput was 509.43 million tons, with a year-on-year growth of 13.15%; The container throughput was 13.238 million TEUs, up 23.5% year on year; The total number of routes increased to 270, including 120 ocean trunk lines.
At present, the foreign trade export situation of our province is strong, and the container business market continues to be hot. In this regard, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has strengthened the guarantee of production and service to help smooth the double circulation. “In the face of industry difficulties such as tight space and ‘one box is hard to find’, on the one hand, we kept close communication with the shipping company and tried our best to implement the subsidy policy to strive for empty containers to come to the port; on the other hand, we cooperated with the port department to innovate the mode and accelerate the circulation of empty containers.” Introduced by Fei Bo, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of MEIDONG Company of Ningbo Zhoushan Port.
The measures were timely and effective. In May, the import of empty containers in Ningbo Zhoushan Port increased by more than 15% month on month. At the same time, Ningbo Zhoushan Port continued to optimize the collection and distribution network, and explored new business of sea rail intermodal transport. In the first five months, the number of sea rail intermodal transport containers was 470,000 TEUs, up 32.7% year on year.
The large fluctuation of bulk cargo market is another challenge facing the port. In this regard, Ningbo Zhoushan Port actively strives for the supply of goods, reasonably arranges the operation plan, adjusts the transportation structure, and stabilizes the delivery volume of “transit to rail”. Since this year, the volume of iron ore and coal handling has increased significantly. Moreover, thanks to the record high soybean output in Brazil, the handling volume of imported grain remained at a historical high.
The building of the “hard core” power can be traced back to the process of integration.
Over the next 10 years, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has unswervingly moved towards the direction guided by the General Secretary, from the government’s promotion of system and mechanism breakthrough to taking capital as the link to give consideration to the interests of all parties, and finally promoted substantive integration, and successfully established a “Zhejiang Model” for the national port reform.
The integration of port resources will further stimulate the opening advantages. Starting from “Zhejiang”, Dongfang Dagang has connected more than 600 ports in nearly 200 countries and regions, committed to creating the best combination point of “the Belt and Road” and becoming an important hub of global supply chain logistics. Now, the cargo throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port has ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years, and the container throughput has steadily ranked third in the world.
He pointed out that we should adhere to the first-class standard, build and manage the port well, strive to build a world-class strong port, and make greater contributions to national development. Mao Jianhong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Zhejiang Port Group and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, said that this heavy mission has always inspired Ningbo Zhoushan Port to forge ahead.
The port is the “hard core” force and “important window” of Zhejiang’s “taking the lead in building a strategic fulcrum of domestic big circulation and a strategic hub of domestic and international double circulation”. In recent years, in the process of serving to build a new development pattern, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has been actively exploring an effective path.
We are not only committed to the “the Belt and Road”. The project of Shulanghu Grinding Center located in Zhoushan was completed and put into operation, and the new project of the third west area of Shulanghu was officially signed; The cooperation with the Indonesian port of Kuala Tanjung and the Pakistani port of Gwadar is progressing in an orderly manner. Continue to be the vanguard of integration into the Yangtze River Delta. We strengthened strategic cooperation with Shanghai Port Group with capital as the link, completed the acquisition of 40% equity of Jiangyin Sunan International Container Terminal, jointly developed the whole process logistics of iron ore with Masteel Group, and jointly operated Paihe Logistics Park with Hefei. At present, Zhejiang seaport is striving to build Yiwu into the sixth port area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, promoting the integration of multiple logistics models and the linkage development of multiple business types, such as sea, land and air rail post, Yiyongzhou, Yixin Europe, etc.
“The world’s largest port” is striding on the new journey of building a “world-class strong port”. “If we say that in the era of big ports, we can win by volume, then the competition of strong ports depends more on the efficient operation, convenient service and the activity of the ecosystem.” Mao Jianhong said that the digital transformation of ports has become a crucial and urgent task.
Last May, the container terminal production and operation system independently developed by Ningbo Zhoushan Port was officially launched in Chuanshan Port, ending the history of long-term dependence on foreign systems. More than 100 “customized” service functions now cover more than 10 terminal companies in the province. The remotely controlled gantry cranes and bridge cranes have been mounted one after another, and the 5G automatic driving truck is approaching large-scale operation… In the future, these will inject regenerative power into the road to strong port.
There are limits and no limits. Recently, the “Fourteenth Five Year Plan” for Marine Economic Development in Zhejiang Province was released, further defining the goals and tasks of building a strong port. By 2025, the cargo throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port will reach 1.3 billion tons, the container throughput will reach 35 million TEUs, the China Europe train will reach 3000, the river sea intermodal throughput will reach 450 million tons, the container sea rail intermodal throughput will reach 2 million TEUs, 42 land ports will be arranged in the west, and the pattern of land, sea, and east west two-way mutual aid will take the lead
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(Contributed by Ningbo Municipal Commission of Commerce)