China News Service, Nanning, November 30 (Jiang Xuelin, Chen Qiuxia) Li Yanqiang, chairman of Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., Ltd., said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that in the next five years, Beibu Gulf Port will invest 67.6 billion yuan to build the port and shipping infrastructure. Facilities, build an international gateway port, and move towards a world-class international hub seaport.
Li Yanqiang introduced that in the next five years, Beibu Gulf Port will focus on the construction of large-scale and specialized terminals such as 300,000-ton deep-water berths and 200,000-ton automated container terminals. The number of berths will increase from 90 at the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan to 10 The 120 at the end of the Fourth Five-Year Plan will have an additional capacity of 200 million tons and an additional 5.4 million TEUs, which is equivalent to rebuilding a Beibu Gulf port.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port.
Photo courtesy of Beiwan Group
The new land-sea channel in the west, with Chongqing, Sichuan and other provinces, regions and cities via Beibu Gulf Port to Singapore and other ASEAN countries as the main axis, has set up the main artery of China's western development towards the sea.
The Beibu Gulf Port, composed of Qinzhou, Beihai, and Fangcheng Port, has become a leading port in Guangxi’s reform, innovation, and development, and has gradually moved into the ranks of international gateway ports, becoming a strategy for leveraging the development of western and central-south China. Fulcrum.
Li Yanqiang said that upgrading the port and shipping infrastructure is only the basis for the Beibu Gulf Port to build an international gateway port. After the “gate” is built, the “roads” must be smoothed, the “threads” must be dense, and the services must be improved.
In terms of railways, we should vigorously promote the transformation and construction of the three main corridors of east, middle and west including Huangtong to Baise, Guiyang to Nanning, and Huaihua via Liuzhou to Beibu Gulf Port. 6000 columns will increase to 12,000 columns in 2025.
In terms of highways, we will speed up the expansion of the Baise-Nanning section of the G80 Guangkun Expressway, the Chongqing-Nanning section of the G75 Lanhai Expressway, and the Guangxi section of the G72 Quannan Expressway to enhance the high seas combined transport capacity.
In aviation, we will build Nanning International Aviation Logistics Hub and Airport Bonded Logistics Center, accelerate the construction and expansion of airports in the three cities of Qinbei and Fang, and jointly explore new modes of air-port intermodal transportation.
In addition, it is necessary to promote the construction of the Pinglu Canal, strengthen the connection with the Xijiang Channel, and shape a new pattern of river-sea combined transportation.
Li Yanqiang said that the Beibu Gulf Port currently has insufficient foreign trade routes, especially only 7 ocean routes.
In the future, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port will vigorously encrypt ASEAN routes, develop routes in Africa and South America, and expand ocean routes in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
It is expected that 12 routes will be added this year and 15 will be added next year. At the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the number of container routes will be increased from 54 to more than 100. Among them, there are more than 65 foreign trade routes. service.
In the future, Beibu Gulf Port will also improve its services, build a benchmark international gateway port for digital transformation, continue to implement efficiency-enhancing, fee-reduction and excellent service projects, improve port operation efficiency, and reach the “world-class” port level; optimize the entire process of paperless, “one-stop” "Stop-type" service, implement "Buy it Now" and "One Order" pricing and trading mechanisms.
Deepen strategic cooperation with companies such as Huawei, accelerate digital transformation, and promote efficient coordination between ports, supply chains, and various links in the industrial chain.
Li Yanqiang said that the report of the Twelfth Congress of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of the Communist Party of China, which closed on November 28, stated that Guangxi should build a world-class international hub seaport.
In the next step, the Beibu Gulf Port Group will adhere to the general direction of "strengthening the Beibu Gulf, cultivating the new channel, expanding the North East and West, and going to Southeast Asia", accelerate the promotion of a large number of major port and shipping facilities projects such as the new western land and sea channel, and vigorously expand the offshore , Ocean routes, lay a solid foundation for the Beibu Gulf international hub seaport.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port.
Photo courtesy of Beiwan Group
Beibu Gulf Port Group will actively build a China-ASEAN multimodal transport alliance, strengthen exchanges and cooperation between Beibu Gulf Port and port cities in ASEAN countries, build a multimodal transport system, and realize Beibu Gulf Port through a three-dimensional transportation network such as railways, highways, inland rivers, and aviation. Efficient connection with the western region and ASEAN countries will help build a major international trade channel connecting ASEAN countries with "the shortest time, the best service, the highest efficiency, and the best benefits".
Li Yanqiang said that according to the statistics of the Ministry of Transport from January to October, among the national coastal ports, Beibu Gulf Port ranked 9th in cargo throughput and 8th in container throughput, and its growth rate was among the top 10 coastal ports in the country. Both ranked first.
It is estimated that by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", after the above construction is completed, the international gateway port will be basically completed, and the world-class international hub seaport will also become a reality.
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