China's port throughput in the world for seven years

Waterway Transport Secretary SONG star, said recently that China's port cargo throughput in the initial stages to grow to 10 million tons of 7.657 billion tons at present, the port cargo throughput of more than 100 million tons by the year 2008 16 to 20 for 7 years remain in the world. China is now an annual increase of port capacity 500 million tons, equivalent to create a new Shanghai.

Similarly, China's port container throughput maintained for 7 years, first in the world, nearly 10 years, average annual growth rate of 30% growth rate in the world rarely seen. Currently the top 20 world container throughput in ports, mainland China accounted for 8, and the world's top 10 ports, it is half as much, they are Shanghai (second in the world), Shenzhen, Hong Kong (fourth) , Guangzhou, Hong Kong (seventh in the world), Ningbo - Zhoushan Port (the world's eighth), Qingdao Port (the tenth).

Shipping market system with continuous improvement, fair access to the port to establish the order of competition, operating efficiency improved significantlyThe cost of port services in China, especially the time cost is very large drop in the current tonnage of vessel arrivals increased by nearly 2 times the average case, the foreign trade of ships stopping in Hong Kong for only the mid-80s last century, l/10, the port exported 1 ton per carrier The total cost of goods less than 30 years ago, more than 20%.

China has in the Bohai Rim, Yangtze River Delta, the southeast coast of the Pearl River Delta and southwest coastal areas into large-scale and relatively concentrated group of five coastal ports in the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Beijing Canal and the Huaihe River, Heilongjiang and Songliao built along the river system (river) port zone, the country has formed a reasonable layout, structured, functional, complementary advantages, higher levels of modern port system.