China News Service, Haikou, February 18 (Reporter Zhang Qianyi) The Haikou Municipal Transportation and Ports and Navigation Administration announced that as of 15:00 on February 18, the total number of cars scheduled to leave the island at Haikou Port on that day was about 17,200, and they had been transported out of the island. There are about 9,800 vehicles, and about 7,400 vehicles are scheduled to leave the island throughout the day. The ferry parking lots at the three ports in Haikou are already saturated, with about 6,000 vehicles waiting for ferry at any time. It is expected that the transportation will take more than 8 hours.
Li Zhongbiao, deputy secretary-general of the Haikou Municipal Government, introduced at the Haikou City 2024 Qiongzhou Strait Spring Festival Transport Work Press Conference held on the 18th that from January 26 to February 17, there were 3,084 flights out of the Qiongzhou Strait, 1.576 million passengers, and 349,900 vehicles. Thousands of vehicles. On February 17, there were 167 flights out of the Qiongzhou Strait, 112,000 passengers, and 21,000 vehicles in a single day. The demand for vehicles and passengers leaving the island continues to remain at a high level.
Li Zhongbiao said that from February 9 to 17, there were 1,220 flights out of the Qiongzhou Strait, transporting 763,000 passengers and 159,000 vehicles out of the island. During the Spring Festival holiday, the passenger flow of Haikou Port's outbound transport vehicles hit a new high, with passengers and vehicles leaving the island increasing by 42% and 25% respectively year-on-year. The peak continued for a long time, with the number of vehicles leaving the island on the second and third day of the first lunar month remaining at 15,000-17,000. From the fourth to the eighth day of the first lunar month (except for the 5-hour suspension of sailings on the seventh day of the first lunar month), departures from the island remained at a peak of more than 20,000 vehicles.
The Haikou Municipal Transportation and Port Administration Bureau reminds vehicles that have not reserved ferry tickets for 0-15:00 on February 17th and 18th to leave the waiting area and sea-crossing channel and are not allowed to enter the port, and queuing will be invalid. If vehicles that have reserved tickets go to the port now, they are expected to wait for more than 8 hours. It is recommended to rest in the city first and not go to the port yet. Therefore, delayed tickets are still valid. (over)