The production level of major ports in China has rapidly recovered
In the first quarter of this year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port, Shanghai Ocean Mountain Port, Xiamen Port, Liaogang Group, Shandong Port Group and other major coastal ports resumed production and resumed production smoothly. Port production not only returned to the daily level, but also continuously set new records.
Ningbo Zhoushan Port
In February, Ningbo Zhoushan Port's railway transportation production "flew against the trend" and completed 1.8 million tons of railway freight, an increase of 25.9% year-on-year. On February 27 and 28, the Ningbo Zhoushan Port-Railway Special Train, carrying two batches of 42 TEU imported non-ferrous metal products, arrived in Huangshi, Hubei, helping local enterprises resume normal production.
Statistics show that from February 21 to March 21, the Ningbo Zhoushan Port Railway Beilun Port Station completed a total of 71,838 TEU of sea-rail combined transportation, with an average daily rate of 2394.6 TEU, an increase of 28.4% over the same period last year, including March The daily operation volume of sea-rail combined transportation is 3322 TEU, which is a record high for the daily operation volume of the port station.
Shanghai Ocean Harbor
As the world's largest port, Shanghai Ocean Mountain Port "has been blocked by land transportation, and water transportation has to supplement it." According to Shanghai Port Group, the container throughput in March increased rapidly, and has basically returned to normal levels.
According to the relevant person in charge of Shanghai Port Group, with the acceleration of the resumption of production in Shanghai and even the whole country, the flow of container ships in the international entry and exit ports and domestic entry and exit ports of Yangshan Deepwater Port has steadily increased. Since March, more than 1.2 million standard containers have been loaded and unloaded The average daily throughput was restored from 32,000 TEUs to about 52,000 TEUs.
Statistics from the Maritime Bureau of Yangshan Port show that in the two weeks from March 12 to 25, a total of 154 international trunk container ships docked at Yangshan Port to carry out loading and unloading operations, including more than 60 ships over 397 meters in length and capable of loading 1.8 Very large container ship with more than 10,000 standard containers. This is equivalent to an average of 22 ships entering and leaving Yangshan Port every day, an increase of 34.49% from the same period in February and 98.4% of the same period last year.
Xiamen Port
At 17:30 on March 31, the world's largest container ship "Mediterranean Nella" berthed at the Xiamen Port Songyu Container Terminal. According to the Xiamen Port Group, this is the third new generation of super ship that Xiamen Port has welcomed since mid-to-late March.
According to statistics, these three 200,000-ton container ships brought a total throughput of more than 10,000 TEUs to Xiamen Port. Clothes, shoes, hats, digital products, seafood, mechanical and electrical products, etc. were all shipped to countries along the Belt and Road.
In order to ensure the importation of prevention and control of overseas epidemic situations and the protection of the green mountains and clear waters, Xiamen Port has also studied and formulated the "Coast-to-ship Plan during the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak". At present, 11 sets of high-voltage shore power facilities have been built in Xiamen Port, and the coverage rate of low-voltage shore power for work ships and port-operated ships is more than 90%. From January to February, the cumulative duration of receiving ships is 1596 hours and the use of shore power is 473,000 kWh.
Liaogang Group
In the first quarter, the throughput of Liaogang Group's coal, iron ore, refrigerated containers, petrochemicals and other cargoes achieved a counter-trend growth. Among them, the coal throughput achieved a year-on-year increase of more than 30%, the import refrigerated containers of Yingkou Port increased by more than 600% year-on-year, and the frozen meat imports of Dalian Port increased by 15% year-on-year. In the development of routes and trains, Liaogang Group has continued to improve the route network layout since this year, and has opened 10 domestic trade container routes such as "Dalian-Quanzhou", "Yingkou-Xiamen", "Panjin-Binzhou", and DAF Dexiang Southeast Asia; Promote the development of the hinterland, accelerate the integration of the "Belt and Road", open the foreign trade container train from Zhaodong, Heilongjiang to Dalian Port, and open the first one to the Russia-Murmansk Central European Train.
Each terminal company has also set a number of new production operations records. The throughput of Yingkou Port Company No. 1 increased by 34.6% year-on-year, of which 14,681 trains were loaded and unloaded, an increase of 740.4%; Yingkou Port Company No. 3 Company's operating efficiency reached 6577 tons per hour in the "Margaret" ship unloading operation, a record in recent years Single ship operation efficiency reached a new high; Liaoning Shenha Hongyun Logistics Company set a new record for daily shipment volume of sea-rail combined transportation; Dalian Port Bulk Cargo Terminal Company set three historical highs of monthly, day and night and single shift iron ore shipment volume; Dalian Container The wharf company operates 4 large-sized ships 24 hours a day, setting a record for the company's single-day operation of large-sized ships; Panjin Port successfully unloaded the largest oil tanker "Sky Crane" since its opening, which has accumulated valuable experience for the future operation of large tankers.
Shandong Port
In the first quarter of 2020, Shandong Port completed a total cargo throughput of 340 million tons, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year; completed 7.14 million TEU containers, an increase of 4.0% year-on-year, and achieved a commendable "double growth" under the adverse situation affected by the epidemic.
In the field of logistics, Shandong Port has accelerated the layout of its logistics network. In accordance with the general requirements of “East-East Two-Way Mutual Support and Inter-Inland and Overseas Cooperation”, Haixiang has newly opened 5 container routes including Japan and Southeast Asia. The achievements of inland promotion in Urumqi and other places have been implemented, and the city governments of Jinan, Zaozhuang, Zibo, Tai'an, Heze, etc. have strengthened the construction of dry ports, and have joined hands to strengthen the layout of inland ports and sea-rail combined transportation to create a new “Belt and Road” opening pattern.
In more than a month, 28 key projects including Qingdao Port Crude Oil Terminal Phase II, Rizhao Port Crude Oil Terminal Phase III, Longkou Port Grain Modern Logistics Project, Dongying Port 2 * 100,000 tons liquid bulk berth project have been fully resumed And to accelerate the advancement, for the subsequent development of Shandong Port has accumulated new reserves and new kinetic energy.
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