(Love in the Greater Bay Area) The rise of the Greater Bay Area is a world-class port group: sea-rail combined transport reaches the world
China News Service, Guangzhou, June 16th: The rise of a world-class port group in the Greater Bay Area: sea-rail combined transport reaches the world
Chinanews reporter Cai Minjie
The "Greater Bay Area Combined Port" and "Bay Area One Port Connect" mode transports more than 120,000 TEUs of goods, and the Nansha Port Railway Sea-Railway combined transport container volume exceeds 20,000 TEUs... In mid-June, the port group in the Greater Bay Area showed a "ship The scene of coming and going, loading and unloading”.
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has a developed economy and is one of the regional port groups with the largest passing capacity and the best water depth conditions in the world. The regional port throughput ranks first among all bay areas in the world.
Looking at the Pearl River Estuary, the Greater Bay Area is densely populated with ports, including large ports with a long history and new ports established one after another.
Four ports including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, and Hong Kong have entered the ranks of 100 million-ton ports.
The container throughput of Hong Kong Port, Guangzhou Port and Shenzhen Port ranks among the top 10 in the world.
Three years after the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan" was officially announced, the formation of world-class port clusters is accelerating.
Photo courtesy of Guangzhou Port Group
The urban river network in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is densely populated, and hub ports and inland river ports need to develop together to achieve resource sharing and integration.
In order to improve the time limit for customs clearance at ports, the “Bay Area One Port Connect” and “Greater Bay Area Combined Ports” model, with Guangzhou Nansha Port and Shenzhen Shekou Port as hub ports, and the ports along the Pearl River and inland rivers as branch ports, are gradually taking shape, providing cargo Transportation creates a comprehensive transportation channel.
Containers carrying goods such as porcelain tableware go through customs clearance procedures at Shilong Port in Dongguan, and are transported to Shekou, Shenzhen by barge, and then directly boarded international freighters at Shekou Port and sent to all over the world.
It is the trend that international shipping hubs become "smart".
In the "empty" Guangzhou Nansha Port Phase 4 wharf, the Beidou Navigation unmanned intelligent guided vehicle incarnates a flexible "porter". According to the dispatching instructions of the big data center, it shuttles back and forth between the terminal yard and berth to transport containers; 5G green and low-carbon smart port Shenzhen Shekou Mawan Port, with automated operations, smart gates and autonomous driving applications, greatly reduces the number of on-site operators, improves the on-site safe operating environment, and improves the efficiency of material transportation.
Located in the geographic geometric center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou Port Nansha Port Area is an important foreign trade and economic hub port in South China.
The Nansha Port Railway opened at the end of last year can be directly connected to the port area to go to sea, and the goods can be sent overseas through the 149 international container liner routes that have been opened.
Foreign trade products such as Nankang furniture from Ganzhou, Jiangxi and Liling ceramics from Zhuzhou, Hunan were successfully shipped to the sea through the sea-rail combined transportation channel at Nansha Port, and exported to many countries and regions in Europe and America.
At present, the China-Europe freight trains from Guangzhou Port are connected to Poland, Kazakhstan, Germany and other places, further improving the global industrial logistics chain.
Large ports are linked with large channels, and large channels promote large circulation.
Guangzhou Port is a hub port for containers, ro-ro vehicles, and grain, and has advantages in cold chain logistics, ship repair and construction, international cruise ships, and urban cruise ships. Recently, the focus has shifted outward, and the "circle of friends" has been continuously expanded. There are 54 international friendly ports; Shenzhen The port has opened up mountains and reclaimed the sea, and the port has risen rapidly through capacity and comprehensive influence, and has focused on improving the construction of digital ports; Hong Kong is an international shipping center with a vibrant maritime cluster that provides services such as ship financing and maritime law, and has a well-developed modern shipping service industry.
The surrounding ports on the east and west banks of the Pearl River go hand in hand and develop together.
Over the years, the three ports of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have made common progress in competition.
With the rapid advancement of the construction of the Greater Bay Area and the proposal of the concept of the "Golden Inner Bay" 100 kilometers around the Pearl River Estuary, the port group in the Greater Bay Area has ushered in new opportunities. Ports will strengthen cooperation and clear division of labor, achieve competition and cooperation, and promote shipping services. Cross-border and cross-regional integration of resources.
"The biggest advantage of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is that it can join hands with Hong Kong and Macao." Yuan Yue, deputy director of the Guangzhou Port Authority, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that there have been Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong port companies acquiring, participating in other ports or joint ventures. In the future, it is necessary to further form a port group ecosystem in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with Guangzhou Port, Shenzhen Port and Hong Kong Port as the leaders, so as to promote the interaction and cooperation between ports and shipping, and win-win cooperation.
Some experts pointed out that the competition between ports in the future is the competition of supply chains, and through port integration, the entire supply chain can be connected in series to optimize the allocation of port and shipping resources.
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