Foreign Trade Economic Upsurge: Huzhou Port Throughput Exceeded 500 Thousand Mark

On the 17 day, a cargo vessel full of export cargo containers slowly left the coast of Anji port container terminal in Zhejiang, indicating that the container throughput of Huzhou port exceeded 500 thousand TEUs in 2019. Among them, the export volume of foreign trade containers increased by 17.2% compared to the same period last year, and the foreign trade economy went against the market.

Since the establishment of the first demonstration area of inland waterway transport transformation in 2016, Huzhou has accelerated the construction of inland waterway high level waterways, vigorously developed river and sea multimodal transport, and increased the proportion of transportation of "public water diversion and bulk modification".

One inland waterway connecting the harbour and the inland river port has now become an integral link in the Yangtze River Delta. According to Huang Yong, Party Secretary of Huzhou port and shipping administration bureau, in 2019, Huzhou's high-grade waterway reached 318 kilometers, and "water high speed" Netcom River Delta sea.

"We also accelerate the development of port scale and specialization, and radiate North Zhejiang, Southern Anhui and South of Jiangsu to boost foreign trade development." Huang Yong said.

As the hometown of Chinese chair industry, Anji is the largest export base for office chairs in China. In Anji, more and more enterprises choose to take waterways. Up to now, Anji has completed container throughput of nearly 300 thousand TEUs, and the volume of exports has increased by 32.6% over the same period last year.

In the first year of port opening in Anji, the throughput was only 12 thousand TEUs. Li Wei, assistant general manager of Anji Port International Port Co., Ltd., said that the spillover effect of Shanghai port is one of the reasons for the growth of throughput in Anji.

Xiaogang Dagang "marriage", the essence of river and sea combined transport is the deep cooperation between the coastal port and the inland port. The port of Shanghai, located at the junction of the maritime Silk Road and the Yangtze River economic belt, occupies an important position in the major development strategy of the country.

The port of Anji, with its cooperation with Shanghai port in terms of capital, technology and business, has now reached more than 2700 ports and regions in the world, attracting 28 shipping companies to enter. At present, Anji's 640 export enterprises have established cooperative relations with Anji's upper port to make trade a 55 country and region along the "one belt and one road".

Walking into the dry door Polytron Technologies Inc workshop in Zhejiang, the workers are skillfully carrying out the last sewing procedure for the office chair. The office chairs and sofa will be shipped to Anji via the port of Shanghai, and will eventually be exported to European countries.

Yue Ruizhen, manager of the company's shipping department, said that the company issued 700 teas through Anji every month. "Compared with land use, the annual cost of transportation can be reduced by nearly 5 million yuan," he said. We can give these costs to our customers to maximize their profits. "

With the upgrading of inland waterway grades, thousands of tonnes of ships now sail smoothly in the Yangtze River Delta.

Taking Anji port as an example, a 64 container inland river container ship is equivalent to 32 container trucks, which can reduce the traffic congestion and environmental impact caused by 150 thousand train trips per year, and save 120 million yuan for Anji export manufacturing enterprises and 55 thousand tons of carbon emissions.

At the same time, Anji's foreign trade enterprises are actively coping with the dilemma of the decline in export business, expanding new markets abroad, and maintaining export growth. From 1 to November 2019, Anji's export volume increased by 4.9% over the same period last year. The Anji port terminal has a maximum daily import and export container of 1700 TEUs.

In other words, this year, the Zhejiang port group will play chess in Huzhou port, acquire Deqing multifunctional port terminal and invest in Changxin iron and public water port. As of the end of November, Zhejiang port group Deqing port and Changxin port completed container handling capacity of 150 thousand TEUs.