"Stacking Arhats" in the container, first take the train and then take the boat to ......The reporter recently found in a number of port cities that the logistics chain of new energy vehicles has been further smoothed, making it faster and more convenient for China's new energy vehicles to go to sea.
Approaching the Spring Festival, at the Ningbo Sinotrans International Container Freight Packing Station, new energy vehicles were fixed on special brackets in the container, and then sent to the Beilun Port Area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, waiting for the shipping schedule to go to sea.
With these brackets, cars can be stacked diagonally in containers, the headspace is fully utilized, and 3 to 4 new energy vehicles can be placed in a single box. And if the car is driven horizontally into the container, a single container can only carry 2 cars. "Taking a single container for 3 cars as an example, the containers needed to carry 100 cars in the past can now accommodate 150 vehicles, and the comprehensive transportation cost has been reduced by one-third. Jiang Bin, manager of the contract logistics department of Ningbo Sinotrans International Container Freight, calculated an account.
This batch of stents is manufactured by Shanghai Hanwen International Logistics Group. "In 2023, we produced 40,000 sets of new energy vehicle brackets, compared to only 3,000 sets in 2022. General Manager Li Bohan said, "Since the beginning of this year, we have made 4,000 sets of new energy vehicle brackets, while only about 1,000 sets in the same period last year." Judging from the current orders, the export of new energy vehicles will still be very strong this year. ”
The reporter noted that with the blowout of new energy vehicle exports, the traditional ro-ro ship capacity is generally insufficient. Since most of the containers are liner transportation, the transportation capacity is even more advanced, and now more and more new energy vehicles are loaded into containers and go to sea. Taking Ningbo Sinotrans International Container Freight *** as an example, in 2023, the number of new energy vehicles exported by this company through the container mode has exceeded the number of ro-ro exports, accounting for 60% of the total.
On February 7, multiple departments jointly released the "hard core" measures to escort new energy vehicles and their first-chain enterprises to go to sea. Among them, it is proposed to encourage the full use of innovative and flexible transportation modes such as containers and pulp ships, and accelerate the opening of multi-port sea channels for new energy vehicles.
In addition to the "stacked Arhats" in the container, the reporter found that allowing new energy vehicles to take the train first and then take the boat has also become the choice of more car companies.
At 10 o'clock in the morning of January 26, in the sea-rail intermodal transportation center of Shandong Port Logistics Group, a new energy vehicle train loaded with more than 10 TEUs slowly drove in. The buses were shipped from Zhengzhou, and 35 hours after arriving at the center, they boarded a large ship at the Qianwan Container Terminal in Qingdao, Shandong Province, and headed for Europe.
Qingdao Port, a port in Shandong, has successfully opened up a new energy vehicle delivery channel connecting Xi'an, Zhengzhou and other inland ports, and has achieved sea-rail intermodal cooperation with SAIC, BYD and other car companies, reducing the logistics cost of car companies by more than 30%. Pan Jinsheng, a staff member of the production business department of Qingdao Port of Shandong Port, said.
Judging from the port data, many car companies have increased the export of new energy vehicles this year. We expect NEV exports to remain strong in 2024. Liu Junfeng, a staff member of the marketing department of Qingdao Port Dagang Branch, said.
Tianjin Port is one of the four major ro-ro automobile hub ports in China. In recent years, through the expansion of routes, expansion of cabin capacity, and strong transit, we have continuously consolidated the dominant position of automobile import and export ports in northern China. On the night of February 5, the "Slaxton" ro-ro ship was working intensively at the berth of the global ro-ro terminal of Tianjin Port. On the ramp of the ship's gangplank at the stern, new energy vehicles are entering the cabin in turn, ready to be sent to Europe.
Cao Yongxiang, deputy general manager of Tianjin Port Global Ro-Ro Terminal, said that in recent days, five ro-ro ships have arrived at Tianjin Port, and the ro-ro operation has ushered in a small peak. Up to now, Tianjin Port has shipped more than 5,000 new energy vehicles this year.
Nowadays, the continuous improvement of port collection capacity and efficient port operation ......A more resilient logistics chain is helping to speed up the development of new energy vehicles in China. (Reporter Ren Jun, Gu Xiaoli, Sister Liang).