Water transportation economy achieves stable quantity and improved quality
2023-12-29
The port is bustling with operations, and container traffic is accelerating. In 2023, China's economic operation showed a rebound and improvement trend, and the industrial and supply chains maintained stability and resilience. Under this driving force, the operation of water transportation economy has achieved stable quantity and improved quality. According to statistics, the volume of waterway freight transportation increased by 9.0% year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2023; The port's cargo throughput was 15.51 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%, and the port's container throughput was 280 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%. The vigorous development of water transportation has effectively promoted high-quality economic and social development. Investment continues to grow. On November 29th, the Fenghuangling passenger roll on/roll off ship slowly departed from berth 3 in the Xinhai Port Area of Haikou Port, Hainan, marking the trial operation of the largest port passenger roll on/roll off comprehensive hub in China - Haikou Xinhai Ro/roll off Terminal Passenger Transport Comprehensive Hub Station. Haikou Port Xinhai Port Area is an important port on the south bank of the Qiongzhou Strait, as well as a transportation hub for both Hainan and Guangdong. It is also a key point connecting Hainan Free Trade Port and the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. As a key project for promoting the integration of port and shipping in the Qiongzhou Strait, the integrated design and construction of the Xinhai Passenger Transport Integrated Hub Station project and the Xinhai Port Comprehensive Transportation Hub (GTC) and supporting facilities project have a total investment of 5 billion yuan, with an annual design capacity of 35 million passengers and 5.6 million vehicles. "Since the beginning of this year, the transportation industry has placed more emphasis on stabilizing growth and expanding domestic demand, accelerating the construction of major projects, and continuously expanding effective investment scale. Among them, water transportation construction has played a good role," said Fu Xuyin, Deputy Minister of Transport. With the increase of investment, the shortcomings in water transportation infrastructure are gradually being filled, and a number of key infrastructure projects such as the Pinglu Canal are being fully started. Data shows that from January to October this year, the country completed a total investment of 163.1 billion yuan in water transportation construction, a year-on-year increase of 25.8%, and water transportation construction investment achieved continuous growth for four years. Experts point out that water transportation has the comparative advantages of large transportation volume, low cost, low energy consumption, and low pollution. It is the main channel and key node for building a new development pattern of service construction, and also the main direction for accelerating transportation structure adjustment and promoting green and low-carbon transformation of transportation. The capacity of water transportation services is constantly improving, and its fundamental, leading, and strategic role is obvious, providing strong support and solid guarantee for economic and social development. "In recent years, major transportation engineering projects have started construction and been promoted in an orderly manner, playing an important role in stabilizing the overall economy." Luo Shiyi, an expert in the transportation economics research team of the Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, suggested focusing on networking, network supplementation, and strengthening the chain, continuously promoting the construction of related projects, and continuing to plan for subsequent batches of key projects, forming a virtuous cycle of "reserving a batch, starting a batch, and putting into operation a batch". "From the current perspective, smart ports and smart waterways have gradually become beautiful business cards for the high-quality development of water transportation in China," said Yang Huaxiong, head of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport. In terms of smart port construction, China has built 18 automated container terminals and is currently constructing and renovating 27 container terminals, all ranking first in the world. They have mastered the key core of the entire chain of design and construction, equipment manufacturing, system integration, and operation management
Edit：Hou Wenzhe Responsible editor：WeiZe
Source：economic daily
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