WUHAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The Yangtze River Basin's economic resilience and potential can be seen from the big data of Yangtze River shipping. Title: From the Yangtze River shipping data to see the Yangtze River Basin economic resilience and potential
Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Pengxiang, Xu Haibo, Li Siyuan
27th 5:00 p.m., Wuhan Yangluo Port, with a flute sounded, a large cargo ship loaded with 494 TEUs of sanitary ware, chemical materials from the port, down the river, sailing to Shanghai.
The Yangtze River runs through the east and west of China, carrying more than 80% of the coal and iron ore along the river, as well as 90% of the foreign trade freight in the middle and upper reaches of the region. The Yangtze River freight data is an important indicator of the economic vitality of the Yangtze River basin.
Staring at the monitoring screen, looking at the whistle and go cargo ships, Wuhan Changwei International Shipping Industry Co. The company's cumulative transportation volume this year is expected to achieve 15% growth, can complete the established target task.
This year, the Yangtze River waterway transportation demand has decreased, the busy golden waterway, once cold. By the second quarter, the situation has only improved. Yangtze River Shipping Administration statistics show that in the second quarter, the Yangtze River Shipping Prosperity Index reached 102.06 points, confidence index of 107.39 points, are back to ? Prosperity? area. In the third quarter, the index fell slightly, but still in? Prosperity? zone.
? Just this anchorage in front of us, although not as busy as in previous years, but it is also quite lively.? Wuhan Port Container Co., Ltd. chairman Li Xiaoming pointed to the Yangluo Port, said the largest inland water-rail intermodal transportation hub, is China's middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, an important window for foreign trade. This summer there is no previous year? the endless flow of ships? , making many shipping people can not help but worry. The good thing is that the time is not too long, August began to gradually warm up.
Li Xiaoming's feelings, there are data to confirm. According to the Yangtze River Shipping Administration statistics, the first three quarters of this year, the Yangtze River mainline port cargo throughput of 2.62 billion tons, an increase of 0.8%; the completion of the container throughput of 18.04 million TEUs, an increase of 7.9%.
? In the past, only a week in advance of the booking of space, now to book a month in advance. ? Yin Liang expects that with the arrival of the fourth quarter of the peak season of shipments, the demand for freight volume will grow, and the space is also tight.
At present, this growth momentum is more and more obvious. Among them, commodities are the most typical. Data show that in the first eight months of this year, coal throughput of 510 million tons, an increase of 5.0%; metal ore throughput of 500 million tons, an increase of 2.5%; chemical raw materials and products throughput of 69.47 million tons, an increase of 6.6%.
? These cargoes are raw materials or fuels needed for manufacturing, and most of them are sent from the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the middle and lower reaches of the river where the industrial base is better...
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? Jin Qiqiang, director of the Yangtze River Shipping Development Research Center, which focuses on monitoring and researching the Yangtze River shipping market, said the growth in bulk cargo volume reflects the continued warming and rising trend of the industrial economy.
The logistics industry is the national economy? Barometer? The Yangtze River flows through 11 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) in China, connecting the three major economic zones of Southwest China, Central China and East China.
Over the past decade, the Yangtze River trunk line port cargo throughput growth faster, exceeding 3 billion tons in 2020 to a record high, reaching 3.53 billion tons in 2021, an increase of 80% over 2012. In the first three quarters of this year, and realize a year-on-year growth of 0.8%.
? In this year's repeated epidemics and the global maritime market continues to decline and other backgrounds, the Yangtze River shipping cargo throughput can still maintain growth, although the rate of increase is not large, but the growth achieved on the basis of a higher base is rare.? China Logistics Association executive director, Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Management Professor Wang Haijun that a comprehensive analysis of the Yangtze River shipping big data, can be seen in the Yangtze River Basin economic growth is still resilient, large potential, wide space.
Among them, the domestic trade transportation continues to grow steadily, for the Yangtze River trunk line port cargo throughput growth has played a? The role of the river. In the first eight months of this year, the Yangtze River trunk port domestic trade cargo throughput of 2.04 billion tons, up 2.4% year-on-year, accounting for 87.6% of the total throughput.
At the same time, the high-quality development of China's central and western regions also provides a solid foundation for the Yangtze River shipping. 2021, the Yangtze River upstream, middle and downstream regions to complete the port cargo throughput of 220 million tons, 610 million tons, 2.7 billion tons; compared to 2020, the upstream, middle reaches of the region have achieved nearly 20% growth.? From the compilation of the Yangtze River Shipping Prosperity Index over the past few years, most of the prosperity indexes of the upstream and midstream regions are in an upward trend.? Jin Qijiang said.
The main person in charge of the Yangtze River Shipping Administration said that with the increasingly good industrial production and import and export trade in the Yangtze River Basin, the demand for waterway transportation on the Yangtze River will be gradually released, and the Yangtze River shipping market is expected to continue to run smoothly and steadily progress.