In the first half of the year, China's ports operated well, helping the economy steadily advance. Ports | Throughput | China
CCTV News: Since the beginning of this year, the throughput of multiple ports in China has shown significant growth momentum, and port operations have maintained a good trend, providing strong momentum for China's foreign trade, domestic demand, and economic and social development.
Recently, a cargo ship carrying over 1000 containers of electromechanical, ceramic, chemical and other products departed from the Qianwan Port of Qingdao Port and sailed towards countries such as South Korea and Singapore. Since this year, Qingdao Port has opened 15 new foreign trade routes directly to several "the Belt and Road" and RCEP countries.
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According to data from the Ministry of Transport, in the first half of this year, China's ports completed a cargo throughput of 8.19 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 8%. Among them, the domestic trade throughput increased by 7.6% year-on-year, the foreign trade throughput increased by 8.9% year-on-year, and the container throughput reached 150 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.
The efficient operation of ports cannot be separated from the improvement of intelligence. In the Meishan Port area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, container transportation and loading and unloading are busy on a coastline of nearly 4000 meters. In the newly completed automation upgrade, most port machinery such as gantry cranes and bridge cranes have achieved remote control.
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In the Beibu Gulf, the first automated container terminal for sea rail intermodal transportation in China, the newly built automated berth in the Dalanping South Operating Area of Qinzhou Port, was recently put into operation. In the first half of the year, the national container rail water intermodal transportation volume increased by about 9.4% year-on-year, and the agglomeration and radiation capabilities of ports were further enhanced.
At the same time, a number of automated port construction projects such as Yangpu Port in Hainan are also being accelerated. At present, the scale of automated container terminals under construction and construction in China ranks first in the world.
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