Original title: The inter-provincial passenger transport of the Yangtze River trunk line during the Spring Festival increased by 518 year-on-year78%
Wuhan, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The reporter learned from the Yangtze River Navigation Administration of the Ministry of Transport that the Yangtze River trunk line will transport a total of 85 passengers during the Spring Festival in 2024430,000 passengers, ferry passenger volume 605750,000 passengers. Among them, inter-provincial passenger transport passengers 3880,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 51878%；Chongqing, Wuhan and other places in the two rivers of tourists 81540,000 person-times, a year-on-year increase of 2459%, the Yangtze River trunk line passenger tourism continues to be popular.
During the Spring Festival transportation period, the Yangtze River shipping put into operation 353 ferries and 153 passenger ships, including 20 inter-provincial passenger ships, 47 urban tour ships, 40 ro-ro passenger ships and 46 short-distance passenger ships, fully ensuring the orderly development of the Yangtze River Spring Festival. The volume of cargo entering and leaving the port of the Yangtze River trunk line is 3500 million tons, of which, 7,541 are metal ores60,000 tons, an increase of 28%；Grain 90090,000 tons, an increase of 127%；Container 21640,000 TEUs, an increase of 190%。
In order to ensure the safety and stability of the Yangtze River shipping during the Spring Festival transportation period and ensure the safe and convenient travel of the people, the Yangtze River shipping management department scientifically studied and judged the Spring Festival transportation situation, gave full play to the role of the comprehensive transportation Spring Festival transportation working mechanism, increased communication and information sharing with transportation, hydrology, meteorology and shipping enterprises in the provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, and 173 maritime grassroots stations and 282 coast guard boats were available at any time, and coordinated more than 583 tugboats, engineering ships, salvage ships and other ships to enrich the emergency rescue force.
During the Spring Festival transportation period, there were no accidents of general grade or above on the Yangtze River trunk line, the waterway transportation was in good order, the waterway was unimpeded, the locks of the Three Gorges and the two dams were operated in an orderly manner, and the safety situation of the Yangtze River shipping continued to be stable.
*:Xinhua.