A number of world-class smart ports and waterways will be built in 2027. Ministry of Transport: Accelerate the construction and transformation of Shanghai Port
my country's port cargo throughput and inland waterway freight volume have been among the best in the world for many years, and it has become a veritable water transport power. At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office today, Yang Huaxiong, head of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said that my country ranks first in the world in terms of the number of automated container terminals built and under construction. By 2027, our country will build a number of world-class smart ports and smart waterways.
Yang Huaxiong said that currently, smart ports and smart waterways have become a beautiful business card for the high-quality development of my country's water transportation. In terms of smart port construction, my country has built 18 automated container terminals and has 27 container terminals under construction including renovation. It has mastered the core key technologies of the entire chain of design and construction, equipment manufacturing, system integration and operation management. The overall application scale and The technical level is at the forefront of the world. In terms of smart waterway construction, the 2,688-kilometer waterway of the Yangtze River trunk line has achieved full coverage of electronic waterway maps, and information linkage such as navigation marks, waterway water conditions, scales, and ship dynamics has led to rapid development of smart waterways.
However, the construction of smart ports and smart waterways in my country still faces the challenge of expanding the depth and breadth of digital and smart applications, strengthening network security and data security protection, further improving key core technologies, insufficient standardization of terminal production management systems, and insufficient waterway maintenance. Weak points include insufficient management intelligence.
In response to these problems, the Ministry of Transport has issued relevant "Opinions" and proposed a number of measures. These measures can be summarized as four tasks: "one consolidation, two advancements, and one strengthening".
The first is to consolidate the digital base, promote the construction of information infrastructure, build a water transportation data resource system, and improve network and data security capabilities.
The second is to promote smart production operation management and smart external services. Among them, promoting smart production and operation management includes smart port production, smart waterway maintenance, and smart operation management. For example, we will accelerate the further construction or renovation of qualified international hub seaports such as Shanghai Port, Ningbo Zhoushan Port, and Guangzhou Port, and qualified inland river port container terminals such as Nanjing Port and Wuhan Port, and continuously promote the level of intelligence. At the same time, we will promote smart external services, including smart external services at ports and smart waterway public services. For example, we will promote the electronic waterway map of the Yangtze River main line and accelerate the effective connection and integrated connectivity of the electronic waterway map of the Yangtze River tributary waterways and the main waterway.
The third is to strengthen scientific and technological innovation and international exchanges and cooperation, including strengthening scientific and technological and standard support, and strengthening collaborative linkage, exchanges and cooperation.
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