China News Service, Shanghai, February 25th (Li Shuzheng Xie Mengyuan) The reporter learned from the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang New Area (hereinafter referred to as the Lingang New Area) Management Committee on the 24th that Shanghai Port will become the first in China to own For ports with LNG bunkering capacity, it is expected that the first new type of bunkering business will be launched in mid-March.

  As the first comprehensive local regulation of the Lingang New Area, the "Regulations of the Lingang New Area of ​​the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") was voted and passed by the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress and will come into force on March 1. .

  Article 17 of the "Regulations" states that "enterprises in the Lingang New Area may, upon approval, carry out pilot operations for the bunkering of new types of fuels such as LNG for ships on international voyages."

  "This means that the Lingang New Area can pilot new fuel bunkering services such as liquefied natural gas for international ships. With the support of the municipal government and various competent authorities, Shanghai Port will become the third port in the world after Rotterdam Port and Singapore Port. The port with LNG bunkering capacity is also the first port in the country with LNG bunkering capacity.” Li Ting, Financial and Trade Office of the Lingang New Area Management Committee, introduced to reporters on the 24th that many companies have demand for LNG for ships sailing internationally. The first new fuel refueling business will be launched in March.

  The "Regulations" also stipulate that in terms of the freedom and convenience of trade and transportation, the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone will explore the implementation of safety supervision and a higher level of trade liberalization based on the risk of goods arriving and leaving the physical fence area. With a convenient supervision model, new business forms and functions such as bonded maintenance testing and remanufacturing can be developed in the Lingang New Area. Qualified international ships can carry out the coastal piggyback business of foreign trade containers with Yangshan Port as the international transit port. Implement a ship registration management system in line with international practices.

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