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On the morning of December 12, the train whistle sounded throughout Qinzhou Port, and a sea-rail intermodal train loaded with 100 containers of Indonesian shortening, Singapore flour, Cambodian fragrant rice, etc., slowly departed from Qinzhou Railway Container Center Station to Chongqing Tuanjiecun Station, marking the opening of more than 9,000 trains in the new western land-sea corridor in 2023 and the completion of the annual target 20 days ahead of schedule.
It is understood that this year, the sea-rail intermodal trains of the new western land-sea corridor maintained a strong growth trend, with a year-on-year increase of 8%.The number of trains is expected to exceed 9,300 in 2023, from 178 in 2017, an increase of 52 timesIn October 2023, the cumulative number of trains running through the new channel exceeded 30,000. The time taken to complete the opening of the "10,000" column has been continuously reduced, from 1,335 days for the first "10,000" column to 403 days for the third "10,000" column, and it is expected that the fourth "10,000" column will be shortened to 365 days. The continuous and strong growth in the number of trains running in the new corridor shows its strong competitive advantage and good development prospects, providing a strong engine for promoting the high-quality development of the regional economy and better serving and integrating into the new development pattern of dual circulation.
According to reports, with the completion and acceptance of the No. 9 and No. 10 berths of the second phase of the Qinzhou automated container terminal, Beibu Gulf Port has the world's largest berthing conditions for 200,000-ton container ships, compared with the original traditional terminal, the operation efficiency of the automated terminal can be increased by about 30%, and the number of operators can be reduced by 90. Beibu Gulf Port Group has made every effort to promote the integration of sea-rail intermodal transport, and the automated terminal and Qinzhou Railway Container Center Station have realized the removal of seine nets, the transformation of external to internal, and the integration of the two, the exchange of regulatory data, and further innovative operation mode, which has increased the efficiency of short barge by about 30%, and made another big step forward in realizing the "seamless connection" of sea-rail intermodal transport.
This year, the direct routes between Beibu Gulf Port and Kuantan Port and Mora Port have been put into operation, the "Beibu Gulf Port-Ho Chi Minh-East Malaysia" boutique route has been expanded and upgraded, and the "Two Bay Express" has realized the same ship transportation of domestic and foreign trade, bringing recycled aluminum ingots from Kuantan Port and seafood from Brunei, and setting off a durian craze for Musang King in Malaysia. The model of "one route and one center" has realized the "rapid connection and efficient customs clearance" of multimodal transport, and the cooperation between logistics and the first has shown a new scene. At present, Beibu Gulf Port has opened 76 domestic and foreign trade container routes (42 in 2017), including 48 foreign trade container routes (36 ASEAN and RCEP routes, 6 ocean routes) and 28 domestic trade container routes, covering more than 200 ports in more than 100 countries and regions. Qinzhou Port ships 7 times a week to Singapore Port, 5 times a week to Laem Chabang Port in Thailand, 4 times a week to Port Klang in Malaysia, and 3 flights a week to Ho Chi Minh Port in Vietnam, with direct flights covering major ports in Southeast Asia and other regions.
Reporter Wang Jie Liao Mi).