In the first half of 2023, Liaoning Port Group's container throughput increased by more than 20% year-on-year

Weaving routes to open up channels

On May 8, the Mediterranean West Line "Mediterranean Katie" container ship in Dalian The terminal successfully made its maiden voyage. This is the first container ocean trunk line opened by Liaoning Port Group this year, filling the gap in direct shipping services from Dalian Port to the western Mediterranean shipping area.

Since the beginning of this year, Liaoning Port Group has given full play to its role as a core port hub and continued to make efforts in building a dense route network. In the first half of the year, it opened 5 new foreign trade routes and 5 domestic trade routes. So far, the total number of container routes operated by Liaoning Port Group has reached 178.

On the basis of continuously weaving a dense route network, Liaoning Port Group has given full play to the role of the core hub of the port, making every effort to unblock the Northeast Sea and Land Channel, increasing the container volume of sea-rail combined operations and the volume of domestic trade heavy containers. Both remain at the forefront of the country. In April this year, Liaoning Port Group successfully launched the "Daqing-Dalian" sea-rail intermodal train. The first train was loaded with 60 40-foot containers of hinterland grain deep-processing products. After unloading at the Dalian Port Railway Central Station, it was transported by sea Ship to Southeast Asia. As another achievement of Liaoning Port Group's construction of the Northeast Sea and Land Corridor, the opening of this line has opened up a convenient channel for the "going global" of hinterland goods to seamlessly connect freight trains and ocean liners. While shortening the time for goods to be assembled at the port, Effectively improve the whole logistics efficiency.

Driven by the high-quality development of sea-rail intermodal transport business, Liaoning Port Group’s overseas terminal - Berelast Logistics Center has also achieved "accelerated operation". In January this year, the logistics center's container operation volume exceeded 16,000 TEU, a year-on-year increase of nearly 40%. The cumulative container volume in the first half of the year increased by nearly 60% year-on-year. During this period, the logistics center also opened the "Dalian-Berelast" commercial vehicle train, opening up a new international logistics channel for Dalian's local domestic brands to "go global."

　Expand the marketCultivating the hinterland

In June this year, the world’s largest 24,100TEU-class ultra-large container ship "Mediterranean Nikola Mastro" berthed at the Dalian Port Container Terminal for the first time, setting a new precedent Calling records of ultra-large container ships of Liaoning Port Group. As a veritable "Big Mac" and "King of Cargoes" at sea, the ship carries chemical products, mechanical and electrical equipment and other goods from hinterland enterprises, passing through Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, and arriving in Europe such as Gioia Tauro in Italy, Foss in France and Barcelona in Spain. major ports.

Since this year, Liaoning Port Group has paid close attention to the market situation, continued to increase its efforts to obtain incremental supply of goods, and achieved positive results. By strengthening cooperation with shipping companies, the volume of foreign trade containers has increased by nearly 20% year-on-year. By carrying out projects such as temporary additions, empty container transportation, international transfer, and ship replacement, the increase has exceeded 150,000 TEU.

On this basis, Liaoning Port Group continues to expand the supply of goods in the Bohai Rim hinterland. The market radius has extended from North China and East China to northwest and central China, and the Bohai Rim inner branch lines have stably called more than 10 ports. , providing transportation services to more than 200 cargo owners. In the first half of the year, Liaoning Port Group's transshipment volume around the Bohai Sea increased by nearly 50% year-on-year. Among them, the transportation volume in Hebei and Shandong increased by nearly 30% year-on-year.

At the same time, Liaoning Port Group pays close attention to market demand, seizes opportunities for market recovery after the epidemic, accelerates the development of container cold chain business, successfully opens a seasonal ocean trunk line for South American cherries, and imports Chilean cars. Lizi increased by 150% year-on-year; it took the lead in resuming bulk frozen fish import business, with operation volume increasing by 192% year-on-year from the historical peak; it actively strived for the return of frozen meat customers, and imported meat increased by approximately 360% year-on-year.

　Strengthening services and improving efficiency

With the advantage of integrated port services, Liaoning Port Group and its shipping companies further expanded their route layout , improve the construction of logistics system. Under this premise, the container terminal companies under the Liaoning Port Group continue to make efforts in "strong service", strengthen internal management, expand external markets, give full play to organizational effectiveness, and have more production and operations. In February this year, the largest domestic trade container ship "Zhonggu Nanjing" made its maiden voyage to Yingkou Port. During this period, Yingkou Port Container Terminal Company worked with precision and efficiency, not only successfully completing the ship rush operation plan, but also breaking the company's single-hour ship operation record with an operating efficiency of 329 natural containers/hour; in March, at the "Mediterranean Ellie" During the operation of the "An" ship, Dalian Container Terminal Company carefully deployedDepartment, actively cooperated with the port units, and relied on the strong blessing of the "Dayaowan·Smart Port 2.0" project construction results to raise the ship operation efficiency record to 300 natural boxes/hour. This is also the company's first achievement in 8 months. The ship operation efficiency record was refreshed 4 times.

With the increasing workload, container throughput has maintained a steady growth. In order to achieve efficient cargo collection and distribution, Liaoning Port Group has also continued to expand and upgrade its port hardware infrastructure. In terms of smart port construction, Liaoning Port Group's "Dayaowan·Smart Port 2.0" project has achieved remarkable results. By continuing to promote the expanded application and process optimization of intelligent modules such as smart operations, autonomous driving, and remote control of quay cranes, Promote smart terminal operations to a new level. In the first half of the year, the "Dayaowan·Smart Port 2.0" project's overall efficiency of the quay crane increased by 5%, the operating efficiency of a single ship increased by 9%, and the overall energy consumption decreased by 9%, greatly saving labor costs and time costs.