China News Service, May 4 (Chen Jingye Zhenyu) "A butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America, occasionally flapping its wings, can cause a tornado in Texas, USA two weeks later." Congestion The Suez Canal resumed navigation for a week, and the backlog of hundreds of large-scale ocean-going international sailing ships intensively passed through the canal, which also brought a busy scene to the sea port of Shanghai.
The berths of each terminal in Shanghai Yangshan Port are in a high operating situation.
Photo courtesy of Yangshan Border Inspection Station
The reporter learned on the 4th that in the past few days, the berths at each terminal of Shanghai Yangshan Port have been operating at a high level.
According to the Yangshan Border Inspection Station’s disclosure on the 4th, in April 2021, the station handled more than 710 inbound and outbound (port) ships, an increase of about 6.2% year-on-year in April last year; container throughput reached more than 1.9 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase In the same period last year, it increased by more than 20%.
According to reports, in May, the trend of large ships entering and leaving the port intensively is still continuing, with an average of more than 20 ships calling each day.
Port and shipping companies and border inspections and other port inspection units cooperate closely to efficiently carry out ship port dredging and alleviate the subsequent impact caused by canal congestion.
At present, the overseas epidemic situation is still grim.
Port inspection units such as the Yangshan Border Inspection Station work closely with terminal operators to prevent epidemics, ensure safety, and assist customs clearance.
The border inspection staff strengthened the inspection of boarding and leaving foreign ships and luggage and items, focusing on strengthening the non-cargo entry inspection management of foreign ships' goods, and blocking those that did not declare to the border inspection agency as required or were not killed in accordance with the regulations to prevent hidden import hazards.
Relevant departments have also strengthened the guarantee for the boarding and departure rotation of Chinese crews.
The border inspection department strengthened the management of non-cargo entry inspection of foreign ships, and blocked those that were not reported and killed in accordance with the regulations.
Photo courtesy of Yangshan Border Inspection Station
In addition, the border inspection department has strengthened the investigation and data analysis of the trajectory of ships, strictly enforced the separation of personnel from ship to shore for foreign ships passing through key countries involved in the epidemic, and implemented “non-essential non-boarding”.
The border inspection department also cooperated with the port area to further strengthen on-site inspections and supervision and inspections to strictly prevent the import of the new crown pneumonia epidemic through the seaport.
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