Ministry of Communications said: "The outer Piggyback" ban unchanged

Recently, Taiwan has individual domestic ports to foreign shipping companies to use ships on international routes between ports in China, "Piggyback" the phenomenon of foreign goods within the extension. For a time, "outer Piggyback" policy has once again aroused concern, some people, terminal operators and the media, using different ways to appeal to allow the "outer piggybacking."

"Our country currently does not allow foreign ships engaged in transport operations along the China coast, including 'outer Piggyback' business, any unauthorized act of coastal piggyback business is illegal." In this regard, the Ministry of Transport has reiterated the ban.

"Outer Piggyback" hiccups have risen again

"Outer piggyback" means foreign ships engaged in coastal trade between ports in the domestic section of the container transport heavy boxes, the nature of a domestic coastal transportation. In 2008, the completion of our international routes, the port container throughput 82.25 million TEU, which the throughput of 6.

4 million international container transit TEU, basically concentrated in the Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Ningbo - Zhoushan Port 3 port, accounting for 96% of the total international transit , transfer box comes mainly from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and North America and Southeast Asia.

Port from several voices that once "the right of coastal transport" policy adjustments, some outside the transit of container in the possible transfer back to Hong Kong, in addition, can also bring international transit container cargo, port to achieve maximum benefits.

In addition, the media pointed out that "the right of coastal transportation," the relevant laws and regulations of the Chinese ports of international transit traffic is obvious. "Coastal transport rights" that the carrier can not be between different companies and different liner service between the transit routes. If the relaxation of these requirements, Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao are very likely to become an international transit center.

'Outer piggyback' policy adjustment directly to our port and terminal benefits, Yi Xie port will benefit from a number of ports will be adversely affected." And part of the port calls to open up, "Coastal transport Quan" enthusiasm high Xiang Bi, the voice from the government appears to still be objective and calm.

Ministry of Transport and Shipping Research Institute of the mountains and the Han Jingwei Jia experts also said that once the policy adjustments, will result in transfer of internal port container traffic, part of the port's throughput and revenue will increase, and also to raise the international status of these ports, On the contrary, a number of port container throughput though not small, high-density flights, but the international container transshipment business is not strong, not only can not benefit from even the local container can be transferred to other ports in transit to our Link adversely affect the development of flight.