China News Service, Haikou, May 4 (Reporter Huang Yi) As the "May 1st" holiday draws to a close, Qiongzhou Strait welcomes the peak of returning tourists from driving.
The reporter visited the new seaport in Haikou and found that because the Qiongzhou Strait Ferry implements the all-reservation cross-sea mode on the south bank, the passage efficiency of passengers and drivers has been improved.
On the same day, the reporter found in Haikou New Seaport that the traffic flow in the port area was running smoothly and orderly, and there was no congestion.
Many obvious signs have been set up at the port and surrounding roads to remind outlying island vehicles to make all reservations to cross the sea.
Traffic police are on duty next to the road entering the port area to divert and guide the scheduled and unappointed cross-sea vehicles.
In order to alleviate the problem of vehicle congestion on Hainan’s departure island during major holidays, all departure passenger and freight vehicles from Haikou Xiuying Port, Xinhai Port, and Railway Nangang must make an advance reservation for ticket purchase from 12:00 on April 27th, and enter the port by ticket. Those who have not purchased tickets in advance Vehicles are not allowed to enter the port for ferry.
This year's "May Day" small holiday is a "quick test" faced by the all-booked sea-crossing model.
Volunteers explain to unscheduled drivers the related content of making an appointment to cross the sea.
Huang Yishe
“It’s too early.” Ms. Jiao, a self-driving passenger waiting to cross the sea at Haikou’s Xinhai Port Ferry Terminal, told reporters that this is her second self-driving trip in Hainan. There was a big traffic jam when crossing the sea during the Spring Festival in 2019. Arrived at the terminal four or five hours earlier, "unexpectedly, the traffic efficiency is very high."
Mr. Zhang, a self-driving tourist from Guangdong Dianbai, was unable to enter the outlying island vehicle channel because he did not make an advance reservation to purchase tickets. With the patient explanation of the volunteers, he operated his mobile phone to book the outlying island ferry tickets one hour later.
"It's very convenient to make an appointment online. You must buy tickets in advance in the future," he said.
Xie Huanjie, a spokesperson for Hainan Port and Shipping Strait Shipping Co., Ltd., told reporters that before the implementation of all-booked sea crossings, a large number of vehicles will arrive at the port on important holidays and scheduled vehicles and non-booked vehicles will be mixed, which is likely to cause congestion in the port and surrounding roads.
After the implementation of all reservations across the sea, only reserved vehicles can enter the port, and the traffic order in the port area has been significantly improved.
Xie Huanjie told reporters that at present, the appointment rate of large truck drivers still needs to be improved.
"The truck driver didn't load the goods, so he didn't dare to make an appointment. After the goods were loaded, the booking for the ticket he wanted to buy had already been booked. Some people didn't make an appointment at all and came directly to the port to see the situation." He suggested that the majority of truck drivers must make an appointment. If the plan changes, you can cancel the order in advance and make an appointment again according to your own itinerary.
Xie Huanjie introduced that from April 30 to May 3, 31,700 vehicles were exported on the Haikou Xinhai Port and Xiuying Port Hai’an routes, a year-on-year increase of 15%.
In order to cope with peak travel times, the port has completed the construction of software and hardware for vehicle diversion points, depots, and electronic gates in advance.
Further improve the operating procedures and operating procedures of each operation link, and ensure the stability of port production during the holiday season by increasing the number of flights, passing gates, and operating ships.
It is understood that drivers who need to go out of the island can purchase tickets in advance through third-party platforms such as "Qiongzhou Strait Ferry Manager", "Xinhai Port", "Rail Ferry", Yecheng Minyun, Ctrip, Tongcheng and other third-party platforms. If you have any questions You can call Xiuying Port and Xinhai Port customer service hotline 9693666, and Railway Nangang customer service hotline 31686888 for consultation.
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