
Port logistics: "One Belt And One Road" China port internationalization road
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2018-10-18 16:39
Recently, by experts and technical personnel, such as tug captain, chief engineer of tianjin port group aid gwadar port group arrived in Pakistan's gwadar port in gwadar all the tug and pilot the ship facilities such as system testing and the Pakistan's gwadar international terminal company employees professional training for two weeks. Gwadar port, Pakistan's third largest port, is located in southwestern baluchistan province and is the flagship project of the china-pakistan economic corridor and an important demonstration project of One Belt And One Road. This is a powerful move for Chinese port enterprises to invest in overseas ports, export management, technology and talents, integrate into local development and deeply participate in the construction of "One Belt And One Road".
Economy this year is to build the "silk road" and "the 21st century, the maritime silk road" to mark the fifth anniversary of initiative, five years, China's port enterprises to actively participate in all the way "area" initiative, the deepening of international cooperation, on the international stage to show their own strength, also give countries along the "area" all the way to the mature operating experience, the internationalization of Chinese port enterprises road more walk more smoothly.
Chinese ports have a wider world stage
The port is a transport hub with amphibious transport equipment and conditions for safe access and berthing of ships, a gathering point and hub of surface transport, and an important node and carrier of "One Belt And One Road".
Over the past five years since the "One Belt And One Road" initiative was proposed, China has achieved a number of achievements in its transportation connectivity with countries along the "One Belt And One Road" line. In terms of maritime transport, three countries have signed maritime transport agreements, with a total of 38 bilateral and regional maritime transport agreements covering 47 countries along the routes. At present, China's ports have established air routes with over 200 countries and over 600 major ports in the world, and the index of maritime connectivity remains the first in the world, with shipping services covering all coastal countries of "One Belt And One Road".
Under the circumstances of slow global economic recovery, China's economic development has entered a new normal, the growth rate of transportation demand has slowed down, the growth momentum of traditional port economy has weakened, and the growth rate of throughput has slowed down, Chinese port enterprises have achieved more stable development by participating in the "One Belt And One Road" initiative. According to statistics, Chinese enterprises have participated in the construction and operation of 42 ports in 34 countries, including Piraeus port in Greece, hambantota port in Sri Lanka and gwadar port in Pakistan. "" we will continue to strengthen cooperation in maritime and civil aviation, and promote three-dimensional connectivity with countries along the belt and road; We will promote international cooperation on production capacity, help transport enterprises to go global, and speed up One Belt And One Road transport connectivity. Wu chungeng, spokesman for the ministry of transport, said.
"With the introduction of the 'One Belt And One Road' initiative, China's economy is more closely related to the world economy, and China's opening-up process is further accelerated. As a port enterprise that is the window of reform and opening-up, 'going out' is an inevitable choice." Economist ten thousand zhe in an interview with this newspaper. The dividends of China's port development also drive local employment and bring tangible benefits to the countries and people along the "One Belt And One Road" line.
The pace of "going out" is solid and steady
In recent years, more domestic port enterprises have launched internationalization strategies, deeply participated in the One Belt And One Road initiative, and invested in the countries along the "21st century maritime silk road".
On March 6, the port of Qingdao signed a contract with the port of cartagena in the murcia autonomous region of Spain to establish friendly port relations. So far, Qingdao port has established 22 friendly ports. With the signing of one strategic cooperation framework agreement after another, the "circle of friends" of Qingdao port continued to be arranged and extended along the "One Belt And One Road". It has spread across various continents, including gwadar port of Pakistan, sihanouk port of Cambodia, kantan port of Malaysia, and port of klang port of Malaysia. In the west are port said, Egypt, djibouti, djibouti and Hamburg, Germany. In the north, there are port Brest of France and port of matte of Turkey, etc., which construct the grand pattern of connecting the world and realize the layout of global layout.
Shanghai international port corporation (group) co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "sipg group") co., ltd. became the second largest shareholder of zeebrugge wharf after its investment in 2010, and acquired the franchise of Haifa Newport wharf of Israel for 25 years in 2015. Among them, zebulruhe port is the terminal of the asia-europe line, the outlet of the European end of the silk road, and is located at the hub of the shipping system of western and northern Europe. Haifa new port radiates across the Middle East and eastern Europe, with a designed capacity of 1.86 million twenty-foot equivalent units (teus) per year.
"Up to now, zebu luhe wharf has been operating continuously for eight years, which has played a great role in the development of Shanghai port in these years." Sipg investment development, said general manager zhou Jiao port group on the deepened and strategy of the asia-europe run ship company contact, and other terminal operator and the world has established the good cooperation mechanism, has accumulated rich experience in project. Weeks Jiao, Haifa is expected by the end of this year or early next year at xingang project began to build, is expected to operate early in the second half of 2020.
China merchants group, one of the world's largest port operators, is also active along the "One Belt And One Road" route: buying a 23.5% stake in djibouti port for $185 million; The construction of the Colombo port south container terminal (CICT) in cooperation with the national port authority of Sri Lanka, as the only deep water transfer terminal in South Asia, is by far the largest foreign investment project in operation in Sri Lanka. Currently, China merchants group has 193 overseas entities in 44 countries and regions on six continents. With 53 ports in 20 countries and regions (including mainland China), the network of ports, logistics, finance and industrial parks has been established in southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa, Europe and other places, most of which are located at important points of countries and regions along the "One Belt And One Road". By the end of 2017, the total assets of overseas enterprises of China merchants group was 724 billion yuan, total overseas business revenue was 58.3 billion yuan, and total profit was 3.4 billion yuan. Overseas business has become an important profit growth point of China merchants group.
At the same time, more domestic port enterprises are also launching international strategies and deeply participating in the "One Belt And One Road" initiative. Guangxi beibu gulf port group bought 40 percent of Malaysia's kantan port, with a 60-year franchise. Hebei port group has officially registered and established Indonesia qinhai port co., ltd. in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, to promote the comprehensive international port project of Indonesia's jambi iron and steel industrial park. Zhoushan port in ningbo has established friendly ports with nearly 20 ports along "One Belt And One Road", and opened up nearly 90 air routes. With annual container volume exceeding 10 million standard boxes, zhoushan port has become a hub for southeast Asian countries to import international trade goods to Japan, Japan and North America
Foreign cooperation has been diversified
"Chinese enterprise investment area all the way along the 'national port construction, generally divided into two major categories of port construction and port operation, the early stage of the terminal investment subject is given priority to with port construction enterprises, local port operation enterprises began to explore the" going out "in recent years, mainly to the output port operation technology and operation management experience, terminal management is given priority to." Xie wenqing, of the international shipping research center in Shanghai, said that domestic port enterprises have accumulated rich experience in port operation, management, technology and service, and should make full use of their advantages to participate in the actual operation of the port, and manage and utilize these overseas resources well.
On February 24 this year, qinggang international and zhongyuanhai port signed a contract to set up hailu international port operation co., LTD, committed to building a world-class terminal operation and management platform. Before that, Qingdao port has developed the experience of global port management that can be replicated and popularized. In cooperation with CNPC, it provides operation and management services for the port of kyauo of myanmar, one of the 15 ports planned for "maritime silk road". In cooperation with maersk terminal co., LTD., we jointly operate and manage the container terminal and cold storage terminal of vadoli gulei port in Italy, realizing the first overseas export of capital in the history of Qingdao port. In cooperation with cosco shipping port, the company operates and manages the ABU dhabi wharf in the united Arab emirates, and has established the global terminal operation and management platform -- sea route international management company In the process of "going global," Chinese companies will not only build a port, but also invest in adjoining free-trade (special) economic zones and other development projects. In cooperation with China, One Belt And One Road countries will get a complete set of development plans. The reporter learned that China merchants group relies on the overseas port network to promote the integrated development mode of "pre-port, central region and post-city" (hereinafter referred to as "PPC mode") to be implemented in countries along the "One Belt And One Road". That is to say, taking the port as the leading and starting point, taking the industrial park in the port as the core and main carrier, developing the relevant industries suitable for the resource endowment of the host country through the construction of hard and soft environments, and then driving the rear urban construction through the industrial development, promoting the project to take root and blossom in the host country. The PPC model can not only well integrate into local economic development, but also provide a one-stop service platform for China's international production capacity cooperation and help numerous small and medium-sized enterprises to go out through a package of solutions.
The port brings prosperity to the city and changes the economic appearance of a country, effectively supporting the country's sustained economic growth. With the further development of the "One Belt And One Road" initiative, China's port "going out" has ushered in new development opportunities. At the same time, the dividends of China's port development will also benefit more countries and people along the "" One Belt And One Road" "route.