Elephant News reporter Yin Haiqing, Shang Haidong, correspondent Zhang Zengfeng, Ning Jinyu
In the middle of winter, the cold wind is bitter, and the construction of civil rights projects is still surging. On December 28, with a crisp whistle, a cargo train loaded with refrigeration equipment set off from the Minquan Station of Longhai Railway and headed for Qingdao Port, a port in Shandong. On the same day, the opening of the "Minquan-Qingdao Port" sea-rail intermodal train and the unveiling of the Minquan Inland Port of Shandong Port are not only a new starting point for the county to implement the national "Belt and Road" initiative, reduce logistics costs, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, but also mark a key step for Minquan to borrow ships to go to sea, prosper to the sea, and link the world.
Our company ships about 2,000 heavy containers every year, and now it can go directly to the shipping line of Qingdao Port in Shandong after the civil rights customs declaration, which not only greatly reduces the transportation cost, but also shortens the transportation time by 1 to 2 days. Yu Zhengqi, member of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of AUCMA Co., Ltd., happily gave a thumbs up.
In the civil rights 'inland port' reported each 40-foot heavy container railway freight drop of 40%, civil rights to Shandong port Qingdao port each empty heavy container round-trip two-way lump sum freight within 1,200 yuan, the enterprise to bear a single heavy container transportation costs greatly reduced, and the southeast coastal area of the export cost of the same, effectively reduce the operating costs of enterprises. Li Wucheng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Shandong Port Qingdao Port Group, said that Minquan County was awarded the "Henan (Minquan) Inland Port" by Shandong Port Group, which is "moving Qingdao Port to the doorstep of Minquan!".”
In recent years, in accordance with the requirements of the provincial party committee and the municipal party committee, Minquan County has deepened reform and opening up, actively promoted the development of the "export-oriented" economy, and formed a "1+2+N" industrial development pattern dominated by the refrigeration industry, food processing industry and aluminum-based new materials, at present, the county has 53 refrigeration equipment enterprises, 79 accessories enterprises, and the annual production capacity of refrigerators and freezers reaches 22 million units, accounting for one-tenth of the country. The refrigeration industry has accumulated momentum and was awarded the China Refrigeration Equipment Industry Base. With the rapid development of characteristic industries and the rise of the county economy, the logistics and transportation capacity cannot meet the development needs, and the shortcomings need to be made up urgently.
In the past, logistics and transportation has always been a big problem for our enterprise operation, and road transportation has wide and low efficiency, high cost and many risks, which limits the upper limit of enterprise development to a certain extent. This time, the opening of the Minquan Station to Qingdao MTR Sea Intermodal Train not only helped our local enterprises reduce logistics costs and improve transportation efficiency, but also opened an important channel for us to enter the international market from Minquan County. Yang Guoquan, chairman of Xiangxuehai Electric Appliance Group, said happily that after the opening of the train, the goods can be sent directly from the Minquan station to the port of exit, such as 22 containers in Qingdao Port through rail-sea combined transport today, each container can save nearly 2,000 yuan in freight, a total of more than 40,000 yuan in a transportation, and more than 6 million yuan in transportation costs alone in a year.
It is understood that Minquan County gives full play to the advantages of the only county-level customs office in the province and the fourth bonded logistics center (type B) in the province, the Minquan General Aviation Airport, the "Minzheng Europe" road-rail intermodal train, and the "three vertical and three horizontal" high-speed lines. The opening of the "Minquan-Shandong Port Qingdao Port" rail-sea intermodal train is a new channel for Minquan to go to sea in addition to high-speed, airport, high-speed rail and railway general transportation, and it is also a new practice for Minquan to actively integrate into the national "One Belt, One Road" strategy and fully implement the strategy of rebuilding advantages in Henan Province. It is reported that the annual intermodal transport of containers and heavy containers can reach more than 10,000.
Taking the opening of the train and the completion and commissioning of the inland port as an opportunity, Minquan County adheres to the principle of "first-class promotion, enterprise operation, port support, and railway smoothness", accelerates the construction of the "inland port" collection and distribution system and infrastructure, builds a large hub, develops large logistics, cultivates large industries, and promotes great opening-up, and strives to create a new logistics channel and new logistics model of "higher efficiency, lower cost, and better service" for enterprises, and guides more enterprises to travel to the sea through Qingdao Port.
The "Minquan-Qingdao Port" sea-rail intermodal train was officially opened, and the multi-functional and intelligent "inland port" was completed and put into use, so that Minquan County, which is not near the sea, has the advantage of "port" from now on, makes up for the shortcomings of "sea, land and air" logistics and transportation in Minquan County, further highlights the status of Minquan County as a transportation hub in eastern Henan, comprehensively improves the comprehensive transportation efficiency of the county and surrounding counties and cities, reduces the import and export costs of enterprises, helps Minquan form a depression for attracting investment and a highland for investment and business, and promotes more "Minquan manufacturing" to go abroad and go to the world.
Editor: Peng Yan.
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