Shipping gather elements that Chongqing has gradually become a "quasi-coastal" city

Yangtze River in Chongqing City as the sole owner of a channel, 5,000-ton deep water wharf, water port and bonded port area for a class areas, waterways, ports, ships and other maritime elements of a high degree of concentration, so that Chongqing has gradually become a "quasi-coastal" city.

Reporter learned from the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Commission, Chongqing shipping infrastructure is improving daily, the shipping center full speed. Chongqing City in the Yangtze River from the third channel to the present level, significantly increased capacity, 5,000-ton-ton single-ship fleet and direct access from the lower reaches of Chongqing.

China Communications and Transportation Association, said Qian Yongchang, the State Council has made a special study and plan, the Yangtze River water to the national strategic level, and strive to use 10 years into a smooth, safe and efficient water transport system.

Recently, Chongqing have been built in 5000 Cuntan ton representative of a group of large, specialized, mechanized terminals, port cargo capacity of 49 million tons from 2002 to 2009 to 1.15 million tons and container capacity of 2002 increased to 5.5 million TEUs in 2009 to 171 million TEUs. The average tonnage of cargo ships of 301 from 2002 tons to 1,400 tons, the average tons of river ranked first.

It is understood that the upper Yangtze River in Chongqing Hong Kong has become the region's most important hub port and an important inland open window. Since the Three Gorges Reservoir, water freight, freight turnover, the port throughput and container throughput target annual growth rate of water transport to 20%, water freight volume since 2004, ranking first in all modes of transport.

Upper Yangtze River in Chongqing has become the main channel of foreign trade goods, 90% of the foreign materials completed by water transport, transit accounts for around of 35% of cargo throughput in Hong Kon Water accounts for integrated transport freight volume rose from 36% in 2002 to 58.9% in 2009.

According to the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Commission Director Teng Hongwei introduced, with the port of Chongqing's growing influence, have vied for domestic and international shipping giants, Chongqing, American President Lines, the world famous top 20 shipping companies, 17 have been set up in Chongqing offices and subsidiaries.