China News Service, Zhanjiang, March 5 (Liang Sheng, Xie Xiaolin, Yin Zhelun) March 5 is the last day of the 2024 Spring Festival. The reporter learned from the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Bureau that during the Spring Festival this year, the total vehicle passenger flow in the Qiongzhou Strait hit a record high. A total of 10,827 flights, 4.86 million passengers, and 1.15 million vehicle trips have been dispatched. Compared with the same period during the Spring Festival in 2023, this is an increase of approximately 5%, 23%, and 12% respectively.
It is understood that as a major channel in and out of Hainan Island, the Qiongzhou Strait is one of the busiest water transport channels in China and is known as China's "golden waterway".
Since the Spring Festival this year, vehicle and passenger traffic has remained at a high level. Among them, the peak single-day traffic volume of passengers and vehicles occurred on February 15, with nearly 188,000 passengers and 39,000 vehicle trips, respectively breaking the historical high records.
According to reports, in order to fully ensure the safe and smooth travel of people during the Spring Festival, the Zhanjiang Maritime Department has dispatched additional law enforcement officers to carry out joint patrol law enforcement, clear obstacles to navigation, purify the navigation environment, open special ships for new energy vehicles, and reduce the time for passengers to queue up to enter the port. , to maximize the efficiency of ship navigation and ensure the safety of new energy vehicles crossing the sea. It also uses drones to conduct navigational inspections of key waters in the Qiongzhou Strait such as the North Port of the Guangdong-Sea Railway and Xuwen Port, and uses drone aerial photography to monitor the entry and exit of ro-ro passenger ships. situation.
The Zhanjiang Maritime Safety Department stated that it will continue to strengthen the management of key ships, key sailing sections, and key periods, increase law enforcement personnel to strengthen on-site supervision of ro-ro ships, maintain order on-site for water passenger transport, and supervise water traffic safety and security in the jurisdiction. Work smoothly.
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