China News Service, Haikou, February 15 (Reporter Wang Xiaobin) The reporter learned from Haikou New Sea Port and Xiuying Port on the 15th that the two ports will add new energy vehicles to leave the island and sell more tickets to cross the sea to deal with the Qiongzhou Strait. Peak passenger flow.
According to the notice on the sale of additional cross-sea ferry tickets issued by Xinhai Port and Xiuying Port on the afternoon of the 15th, Xinhaiport will add a special class for new energy vehicles to leave the island at 13:30 on February 16, with a capacity of about 100 tickets; Xiuying Port will On February 16, the number of fuel-powered cars leaving the island increased by about 100 in a single day in Ying-Hong Kong; in Xiuying Port, the new seaport, the number of fuel-powered cars leaving the island increased by about 1,000 on February 18.
The reporter learned from the 2024 Qiongzhou Strait Spring Festival Transport Work Press Conference held in Haikou City that day that since the Spring Festival Transport this year, the number of passengers entering and leaving the island at Haikou City Port has hit a record high for the same period in history. At present, the "three ports" (New Sea Port, Xiuying Port, and Railway South Port) are operating at full capacity. The port and shipping department optimizes ship transportation capacity and maximizes the supply of transportation capacity.
On the afternoon of February 15, aerial photography of the Haikou New Seaport area. Photo by Chen Yingqing
Li Zhongbiao, deputy secretary-general of the Haikou Municipal Government, said that since the 20 days of Spring Festival travel from January 26 to February 14, there have been a total of 2,605 flights out of the Qiongzhou Strait, with about 1.24 million passengers and about 600,000 vehicles leaving the island. As of 12:00 on February 15, Haikou City's "Three Ports" transported 53,431 passengers and 11,528 vehicles.
According to reports, at present, Haikou's "Three Ports" have released tickets according to their maximum transportation capacity. Judging from the ticket sales information, there are more than 20,000 cars reserved for leaving the island every day from February 15 to 17, and it is expected to transport about 100,000 passengers to the island every day. However, transportation demand exceeds transportation capacity, and some passengers still report that it is "difficult to purchase tickets", especially for new energy vehicles.
In order to solve the above problems, Lin Jingxin, a fourth-level researcher at the Haikou Municipal Transportation, Port and Maritime Bureau, said that the port and shipping department coordinates ship dispatching during peak periods in and out of the island, increases flight schedules, and taps into the capacity of 53 ro-ro passenger ships while ensuring safety. In order to realize the potential, we will increase overtime flights and new energy vehicle transportation special ship flights by coordinating the North Shore support and other methods to maximize the supply of ship transportation capacity. In addition, based on the increase in shipping capacity, new seaports and Xiuying Ports will dynamically increase sales of de-island cars (fuel cars and new energy vehicles) ferry tickets. (over)