Sino-Singapore Online, May 4 (Chen Jingye Zhenyu) Late at night on the 3rd, the "modern Algeciras" ship with a global super-large container liner and a single ship carrying a capacity of 24,000 TEUs safely and smoothly berthed Yangshan Port has set a new historical record for the berthing of ultra-large container ships at Yangshan Port.
In July last year, the 23,000 TEU container ship "Mediterranean Gulson" docked at Yangshan Port. Yangshan Port became one of the few ports in the world that could dock this class of container ship. The "modern Algeciras" berthed this time can be loaded with 208 standard containers more than the "Mediterranean Gulson".
The Yangshan border inspection station uses big data to check the ship's trajectory and crew itinerary in advance, understand the crew information and health status, and complete the border inspection procedures for the ship through the network to reduce window aggregation and unnecessary contact. Photo by Meng Weihua
Maritime transportation is a bridge and link for international trade, and 90% of global commercial and trade transportation is done by sea. Big ships can bring obvious scale advantages to shipping, effectively reduce transportation costs, and the superposition of scale and economy has caused major shipping companies to invest in "big ship construction". In recent years, ultra-large container ships have launched intensively, constantly breaking through the limit of the carrying capacity of each port.
According to reports, the arrival of super-large container ships will quickly make the whole terminal busy: need to gather to 3,000 or 4,000 trucks and more than 50 trains within 48 hours; including the loading and unloading speed, vehicle dredging, highway network, sea The entire container evacuation system and dispatching capacity including rail transport are tested.
Yangshan Deepwater Port was born because of large ships. It is a deepwater port built by Shanghai specifically to adapt to the trend of large-scale ships. It is a "flagship project" to build an international shipping center. Eastern Asia is home to the world ’s strongest shipbuilding industry and the densest deep-water port, which keeps the record of ship type and container capacity of container ships docked at Yangshan Port constantly updated and updated more and more quickly. Almost all newly-launched super-large containers The wheel will choose to call Yangshan Port.
It is understood that the container transportation system at Yangshan Port has been able to maturely handle the giant container ships of this level. It is understood that since 2020, 11 large container ships of the same class that have been launched by the Mediterranean Shipping Company have called at Yangshan Port 21 times.
This time the new ship king "Modern Algeciras" is calling at the port, the Yangshan border inspection station normalizes the new coronary pneumonia prevention and control measures, adopts "eight offices", and takes multiple measures to improve the efficiency of customs clearance. It is reported that "eight offices" refer to: immediate office, online office, appointment office, forward office, relay office, coordinated office, limited time office, one-off office, etc., not only focus on epidemic prevention and control, but also consider the efficiency of customs clearance.
Before "Modern Algeciras" arrived at the port, the Yangshan border inspection station strengthened communication with ship agents and the last port, used big data to check the ship trajectory and crew itinerary in advance, understood the crew information and health status, and provided the ship with a network. Go through the border inspection procedures at the port to reduce window gathering and unnecessary contact.
According to reports, during the ship's port call, the Yangshan border inspection station and the port operation enterprises will strengthen the supervision of the ship during the port, strict boarding management of shore-based personnel to ensure that the ship-shore personnel have no direct contact. After the ship leaves the port, the Yangshan border inspection station will promptly inform the next port border inspection station of relevant information.
It is reported that the "Modern Algeciras" ship is a liner of the Asia-Europe route. After loading and unloading more than 4,400 TEUs in Shanghai, it will sail to Yantian Port in Shenzhen, and then it will be loaded with cargo to Europe. (Finish)