sea shipment from shanghai to worldwide port

Third Yangshan Forum held yesterday upload a message, the world's largest and most advanced fully automated terminal - Yangshan Port Phase IV Project recently received the National Development and Reform Commission approved the agreement, will start construction before the end of the year. At the same time, Shanghai FTA test area outside the coastal incidentally business is also expected to open wheel, Shanghai hinterland from the traditional type of integrated shipping hub to hub transition.

Ni Road Lun Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. Vice President said yesterday, Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port is pushing the construction of four, is expected to completed in 2016. By then, Shanghai annual throughput will exceed 40 million TEUs. "Annual throughput of 40 million TEU is a concept?" According to reports, this number is the total combined throughput at all ports throughout the United States, is currently the world's tenth annual throughput of the port.

Statistics show that Yangshan Deepwater Port started construction in June 2002, December 10, 2005 the official opening of the port, where the first phase of construction of five deep-water berths, designed annual throughput of 2.2 million TEUs, the second phase of construction the four deep-water berths, designed annual throughput of 2.1 million TEUs, three construction of seven deep-water berths, designed annual throughput of 5,000,000 TEUs. Four projects are located in the north of the small Yangshan Island, with a total investment of 12.848 billion yuan, plans to build five 50,000-ton and two 70,000-ton container berths and a work boat berths and other facilities, the total length of berths 2800 m, designed annual throughput of 6.3 million TEUs.

After the Yangshan Phase IV project is completed, will greatly ease tensions Yangshan Port throughput capacity status quo. Currently Yangshan Port Crane every seat has reached an annual average of 250,000 jobs boxes, and in accordance with international industry standards, a crane 150,000 boxes a year to complete the job, has been considered full capacity, so Yangshan Port expansion, without delay. The difference is that the traditional pier, the Yangshan four automated IT will be a lot to create a "no dock", container traffic into and out of checkpoints, container stacking yard, and even crane loading and unloading operations will be in the case of unattended operation By completion, Shanghai FTA customs clearance efficiency test area will be further enhanced.

Shanghai shipping free trade and open up the test area will also increase. Reporters learned yesterday, much attention to foreign liner shipping industry along the coast piggyback service is currently active study, expected to take the lead in a pilot trial in Shanghai Free Trade Zone. "Coastal piggybacking" refers to foreign ships engaged in foreign trade in container transport between coastal ports in China, because of its nature is a domestic coastal shipping, had been regarded as taboo.

Experts said that liberalization of coastal incidentally business, help Chinese shipping system, so that each port clearer division of labor. In Shanghai, the more significant this business. After the release of this business, Shanghai to better service for coastal ports, ports play a pivotal role to enhance the radiation level.