Huizhou International Container Terminal completed by the end

Put into the annual throughput of 1.2 million TEUs

"Every morning looking through the windows of the office of the port, Huizhou International Container Terminal work always makes us full of energy, so good a pier built-enabled, the port throughput Zhimakaihua steadily high." Watched Huizhou International Container Terminal built step by step, after graduating from college to work in Hong Kong Miss Lin Huizhou very happy.

Recently, this reporter went to Huizhou International Container Terminal project site, saw a total of six sets of two berths crane, gantry crane 18 units under blue sky shine, shining bright light, marina fence divided into domestic and foreign trade zones. An ocean freighter docked at the pier, container crane being lifted into the boat from the trailer laying, not far from the neatly stacked container gantry crane lifted onto the trailer.

The project consists of Hutchison Port Holdings and PSA joint venture in Huizhou construction, operation and management, with a total investment of 1.958 billion yuan, the construction scale of two 50,000-ton container berths, berths total length of 800 meters, cutting-edge and channel depth of up to 15.7 m , the year after a throughput of 1.2 million TEUs. Projects using advanced green energy technology and processes, with contemporary art container terminal operating equipment and port settings override the electronic monitoring system in Hong Kong area, automated electronic clearance.

Huizhou International Container Terminal project in January 16, 2009 the foundation; the same year reclamation April 22, entered a substantive stage of construction; December 19, 2012, the 1st berth external test operation, and in 2013 January 22 date of acceptance by the port, opening, since the end of Huizhou Port no large container wharf history.

According to related statistics, the basic completion of the construction of two berths at present, on the 2nd berth rear yard is still tight construction, the required specialized equipment has been installed complete with all-weather marina berthing operating conditions, plans to complete construction by the end of the whole terminal in 2015, a quarter of the port opening.

"Hui Salt Express", "direct benefit Taiwan" a substantial increase in business volume

Enable Huizhou International Container Terminal, Huizhou and the surrounding areas to provide direct access to the sea freight business, saving vessels forwarding to other coastal portsTransportTime and costs, which in Huizhou International Container Terminals Limited opening of "benefits of salt Express", "Hui Taiwan direct flights," the two routes you can visually reflected.

"Compared with the traditional trailer transport, the benefits of salt Express cost savings, price stability." Related business of the company representative to reporters calculations, the benefits of using salt barge fast lane, per cabinet than the Ministry of Transport & nbsp trailer ; 10% to 15% of the transportation costs; trailer price instability, by the holiday impact, while the benefits of salt fast lane for one-stop transportation services, set cars, boats transport modes in one, providing customers with "pick up, line to Hong Kong, "the convenient services, with" convenient, low-cost, timetable stability "advantage. The route for every flight, up to 11 flights per week, one-way flight for four hours. Customer Huizhou and the surrounding area through the fast lane fast access to goods from Yantian, suitcase shorten the time to accelerate the container transfer frequency, saving transportation costs.

It is reported that the benefits of salt fast lane since last March 18 flight, business has been a growing trend, the first 10 months of this year totaled more than 70,000 TEUs business volume, an increase of 177%. Compared with the same month 1000 TEUs sailing traffic, the route traffic soared and in October of this year exceeded 1 million TEUs, selection and use of the service on the route more and more customers.

"Compared with him from the neighboring port city of exports, exports per 20-foot container from Huizhou can save about $ 100 on land and sea transport costs." According to reports, the benefits of Taiwan flights since last April 18 officially in Huizhou International Container Terminal Since the operation, to achieve the goods from Huizhou to Taiwan's "point" of the shipping mode of transport. According to incomplete statistics, the benefits of Taiwan flights in October of this year totaled nearly TEU throughput, an increase of 213%.