Continue to pick up and recover for the better - mid-year observation of the "sea, land and air" industry

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 9th.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　As the "big artery" of the national economy, transportation industries such as "sea, land and air" carry the heavy responsibility of the flow of people and goods, and are regarded as the "barometer" of the national economic situation.

For a period of time, all localities have promoted the resumption of work and production in an orderly manner, and the transportation industry has actively explored new paths for development and burst out new vitality.

　　In the midsummer of Shanghai Port, ocean-going ships line up row upon row, trucks in the yard are shuttled non-stop, and loading and unloading operations are busy and orderly... Since Shanghai fully resumed work and production on June 1, Shanghai Port has resumed its busy mode.

　　Data show that since June, the average daily container throughput of Shanghai Port has been 125,800 TEUs, which has recovered to more than 95% of the same period last year, and the highest daily throughput has exceeded 140,000 TEUs.

　　"Under the epidemic, we have not stopped for a day." The relevant person in charge of Shanghai Port said that as the world's largest container terminal, Shanghai Port has always maintained 24-hour operations, and more than 20,000 employees have sealed and controlled operations at the first time. The supply chain and industrial chain are stable and smooth to provide a solid guarantee.

　　"The national transportation network is generally smooth", "main logistics indicators are stable and improving", and "key hubs speed up the resumption of work and production", at the press conference of the State Council Information Office held on June 27, Deputy Minister of Transportation Zhao Chongjiu expressed the current my country The work of ensuring smooth logistics is progressing.

　　On May 31, the State Council issued the "Package of Policies and Measures for Solidly Stabilizing the Economy", including 33 measures in six areas, including policies to ensure the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.

Under the effect of the combination of policies, logistics and freight transportation in many parts of the country have been further restored.

　　Facing the Bohai Sea and the heart to the ocean.

　　In Tianjin Port, the largest comprehensive port in northern China, goods from America, Europe and Southeast Asia are assembled and transshipped here, serving both domestic and international circulation.

　　At the Pacific International Container Terminal in Tianjin Port, as a container ship slowly docked at the berth, a row of electric container trucks were precisely aligned under the automated rail bridge according to computer instructions, and the Beidou navigation system was used to "lead the way" and stop according to the optimal route. .

The remote-controlled automated quay crane grabs the container from the truck and stably falls on the freighter. The whole process is completed in one go.

　　Whether the port is strong or not depends on the container throughput.

In the first five months of this year, Tianjin Port's container throughput reached 8.47 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 2.2% and a record high.

　　The June 2022 analysis report on China's export container transportation market issued by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange pointed out that relevant port and shipping companies, under the active guidance and policy support of my country's transportation authorities, have fully invested in production and operation to ensure the normal operation of major ports.

In May 2022, the container throughput of my country's ports continued to perform well, and the throughput of coastal and inland ports both increased.

　　Road transportation is responsible for more than 70% of the freight volume of the whole society and is an important channel supporting economic and social development.

In response to the problem of excessive control of truck traffic for epidemic prevention and control in some areas, the Ministry of Transport, relying on the State Council Leading Group Office for Logistics and Security, and with relevant member units, guides localities to accurately implement truck traffic control.

　　The Hubei transportation department made overall coordination and set up 46 free nucleic acid testing points in the expressway service area, serving tens of thousands of drivers and passengers on average every day; the Jiangsu transportation department organized many unannounced and unannounced visits, and went to 416 expressways in the province for inspection. At the same time, actively mobilize social forces such as online logistics and freight platforms, logistics associations, and rectify the problems of road obstructions in various places; Zhejiang has issued special subsidies for transportation and epidemic prevention expenditures, and continued to reduce or exempt tolls and port charges. 10 key measures, the transportation department can effectively help enterprises to solve difficulties and restore development...

　　The scorching sun is like fire, and the railway network extending in all directions has achieved new achievements in the "running" of China Railway Express.

　　At 9:50 on June 30, two China-Europe trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) loaded with electronic products, mechanical parts, daily necessities and other goods slowly departed from Chengdu International Railway Port and Chongqing Tuanjie Village Central Station respectively.

So far, the cumulative operation of China-Europe trains between Chengdu and Chongqing has exceeded 20,000, accounting for about 40% of the cumulative operation of China-Europe trains in the country.

　　The relevant person in charge of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. said that in the first half of this year, the railway department played the role of the China-Europe freight train as a strategic channel, made full use of the capacity of the west, middle and east channels, and actively promoted the expansion and reconstruction of ports such as Alashankou, Erenhot, and Manzhouli. Strengthened cooperation with railway departments of countries along the route, opened up a new route for the southern route across the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea and entered Europe via Romania, realized the stable operation of China-Europe trains, and helped high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

　　Statistics show that from January to June this year, a total of 7,473 trains and 720,000 TEUs were dispatched by China-Europe freight trains, an increase of 2% and 2.6% year-on-year respectively.

　　The aviation industry, which was deeply affected by the epidemic, also showed a continuous recovery trend.

Since March this year, the lowest single-day flight volume of national civil aviation was only about 18% of the normal period.

After entering June, the recovery of civil aviation transportation production has accelerated.

According to data from Feichangzhun, in the past week (June 27 to July 3), the average daily number of flights performed on domestic routes reached 8,951, a month-on-month increase of 12%, and the average daily passenger volume was 989,000, a month-on-month increase of 15%.

　　With the arrival of the summer transportation, the civil aviation market has further accelerated its "recovery".

During the summer travel period, China Southern Airlines plans to perform more than 160,000 flights, of which the average domestic daily scheduled flight number exceeds 2,200; Xiamen Airlines plans to perform 32,000 flights, which is expected to basically return to the level before the epidemic in 2019; The recent passenger load factor of the "Sanya" route is close to 95%...

　　Cai Tuanjie, director of the Department of Transportation Services of the Ministry of Transport, said that the current logistics security work has entered a new stage.

The transportation department will continue to consolidate the effectiveness of its work, fully support the resumption of work and production, and accelerate the long-term, institutionalized, and normalized construction of logistics to ensure smooth flow.

(Reporters Fan Xi, Xie Xiyao, Ye Haoming, Zhou Yuan, Liu Hongxia)