Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News (Reporter Yi Dong, Intern Peng Lin, Correspondent Zhang Qiming) On April 4, the reporter learned from the press briefing of the Shenzhen Maritime Safety Bureau that the "Notice on Delineating the Ship Routing System in Western Shenzhen" (hereinafter referred to as the "Ship Routing System") issued by the Shenzhen Maritime Safety Bureau will be officially implemented from April 4. This move will have an important impact on ships sailing in the western waters of Shenzhen, and the shipping industry is currently highly concerned.

It is understood that Shenzhen Western Port Area is an important part of Shenzhen Port, but also an important maritime transportation hub in the waters of the Pearl River Estuary, where small ships in the Pearl River Delta region enter and exit Hong Kong, and Shenzhen West Port Area is also one of the important ports of call for large international container liners in South China. "Ship routing system" is located in Mawan waterway, the waterway has the characteristics of narrow navigable waters, large ship traffic flow, complex navigable ship types, complex ship traffic rules, and low navigation efficiency, which brings great hidden dangers to the water traffic safety in western Shenzhen, and also restricts the development of Shenzhen's port and shipping economy to a certain extent, so it is necessary to standardize the navigation order of ships, improve navigation conditions, and enhance ship navigation safety and navigation efficiency by delineating the ship routing system.

Xu Guangyan, Deputy Director of the General Navigation Management Division of Shenzhen Maritime Safety Bureau, introduced that the "ship routing system" is equivalent to the "highway" at sea, which physically divides ships of different courses, so as to facilitate the encounter and efficient passage of ships, and effectively ensure the safety of water traffic. On the basis of a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the navigation environment in the western waters of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Maritime Safety Bureau carried out extensive and in-depth research, discussion, demonstration and organization of well-known expert reviews, and finally studied and introduced the "Ship Routing System in Western Shenzhen".

The representative of the shipping company said: "After the implementation of the newly delineated route fixing system, it will significantly improve the navigation order in the western part of Shenzhen, greatly improve the navigation efficiency of the waters, and effectively reduce the operating costs of shipping companies." At the same time, because the newly delineated routing system further refines the navigation rules of ships, standardizes the navigation behavior of ships of different tonnage and different types, reduces the situation of cross-encounters of ships in narrow waters, provides a more powerful security guarantee for the company's related ships to sail in the western waters of Shenzhen, and greatly reduces the safety risks of the company's ship operations. ”