On the morning of January 27, the Information Office of Guangdong Provincial People's government held a press conference on water traffic safety in Guangdong. The all media reporter of Nanfang finance and economics learned from the press conference that at present, the Spring Festival waterway transportation in Guangdong has entered the peak period, and the average daily passenger flow in Qiongzhou Strait has reached 72000. since the Spring Festival transportation this year, the passenger volume of Qiongzhou Strait has reached 560000 person times, an increase of 129% year-on-year.
Chen Chukun, deputy director of Guangdong maritime safety administration, said that in order to ensure safe travel, 53 ro ro passenger ships will be invested in the route from Xuwen to Haikou during the Spring Festival transportation, which can provide 49435 passenger seats and 2529 parking spaces, with sufficient transportation capacity. A total of 6546 ro passenger flights were launched in 40 days, including 82 low peaks and 196 high peaks.
As a major maritime Province, trade province and shipping Province, Guangdong's water traffic safety situation also continued to improve steadily in 2021, with the number of accidents decreasing by 15.0%, the number of deaths and missing persons decreasing by 35.4%, the number of sunken ships decreasing by 36.8% and direct economic losses decreasing by 10.4%.
"The Great Bay area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao connects the river and the sea. It is one of the Bay areas with the most developed water network in the world. The prosperity and stability of the Great Bay area is closely related to the shipping industry." Chen Chukun said that the construction of Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Dawan district provides huge development space for the water transportation industry. In the future, it will further improve the linkage and cooperation mechanism between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and promote the orderly and convenient flow of shipping elements in Dawan district.
The passenger volume of Spring Festival transportation in Qiongzhou Strait increased by 129% year-on-year
"Guangdong has a dense water network, and the flow of people traveling by water during the Spring Festival transportation is relatively concentrated. We predict that due to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, flexible holidays and off peak travel and other policy guidance, the scale of population flow in Guangdong Province during the Spring Festival transportation this year is significantly lower than that in previous years, but there is a situation of concentrated travel." Chen Chukun said.
Among them, Qiongzhou Strait, as the traffic throat connecting Hainan and the mainland, is also the best channel between the Beibu Gulf and the north of the South China Sea. With the promotion of the construction of Hainan free trade zone and free trade port, the water traffic is becoming busier and busier.
"Specifically, the traffic flow in Qiongzhou Strait is still large; high-speed passenger ships on Hong Kong routes are still suspended; other parts of water passenger transport, such as water tourism, land island passenger transport and ferry transport, will still show centralized travel during the festival." Chen Chukun said.
It is reported that the Spring Festival waterway transportation in Guangdong has entered its peak period, with an average daily passenger flow of 72000 in the Qiongzhou Strait. Since the Spring Festival transportation this year, the passenger volume of Qiongzhou Strait has reached 560000, an increase of 129% compared with the same period last year.
In order to ensure the safe and orderly travel of the people during the Spring Festival transportation and the safety and smoothness of the people's livelihood channel in Qiongzhou Strait, the maritime department combines the on-site supervision and inspection of the wharf, the dynamic remote monitoring of the ship and the cruise law enforcement in the water area to comprehensively investigate and control the hidden dangers of water traffic safety, so as to ensure the seaworthiness of the ship, the competency of the crew and the suitability of the environment.
In addition, the Guangdong maritime department will also strengthen the duty of emergency forces. In view of the peak passenger flow, additional maritime personnel will be sent to the waters of Qiongzhou Strait to be on duty and guide ships and passengers in time. Send an additional 40m sea patrol ship and coordinate a high-powered tugboat to be on duty all day in the waters of Qiongzhou Strait to ensure that in case of maritime emergencies, they can be handled quickly, efficiently and properly.
In addition to the smooth passenger flow, in order to ensure the safe and fast passage of key materials across the sea, the maritime department will open a "green channel", open a green channel for ships transporting "fresh Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) " and other civil biological resources and epidemic prevention materials to Hainan, give priority to loading, inspection and departure, and ensure the "direct entry, direct berthing, direct departure and direct exit" of ships transporting key materials.
Chen Chukun said that during the Spring Festival transportation this year, 53 ro ro passenger ships were invested in the Xuwen Haikou route, which can provide 49435 passenger spaces and 2529 parking spaces, with sufficient transportation capacity. A total of 6546 ro passenger flights were launched in 40 days, including 82 low peaks and 196 high peaks. It is estimated that during the Spring Festival transportation in Qiongzhou Strait this year, the passenger transport volume will reach 1.86 million person times and 580000 vehicles, with a year-on-year increase of 15% and 20% respectively.
Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to promote high-quality development of shipping economy
Shipping carries nearly 50% of China's domestic trade and more than 90% of China's foreign trade transportation. It is not only an important link for the mutual promotion of China's foreign economy, but also the cornerstone of the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain.
In order to promote the high-quality development of shipping economy, Guangdong Province and relevant cities will establish a water traffic safety joint meeting system in 2021, strengthen the coordination and cooperation with water related departments, and establish and improve the water traffic safety management mechanism. Throughout the year, the number of accidents in Guangdong decreased by 15.0%, the number of deaths and missing persons decreased by 35.4%, the number of sunken ships decreased by 36.8%, the direct economic loss decreased by 10.4%, and the success rate of human life rescue reached 97.4%, higher than the national level.
As an important window for opening to the outside world, in 2021, Guangdong will add and expand 4 ports, 5 docks and 4 temporary open water areas. The "China Singapore e-Cert pilot project" has also completed the actual ship test of ship e-Cert in Nansha port and Singapore port in Guangzhou, successfully realized the "single window" docking of maritime affairs of the two countries, became the world's first transnational e-Cert application case, and promoted Guangdong's deep participation in global maritime governance.
Focusing on the joint development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District, Chen Chukun said that in 2021, the Maritime Department of Guangdong Province served the high-quality development of shipping in four aspects: ensuring the water traffic safety of the construction waters of major projects in Dawan District, continuously promoting the cooperation of maritime emergency rescue and search and rescue in Dawan District, improving the efficiency of maritime services in Dawan District, and promoting the coordination of maritime management in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
It is reported that in 2021, the Guangdong Maritime Department organized and held the first Guangdong Hong Kong Macao bay maritime work coordination meeting, the regular meeting of Guangdong Hong Kong maritime management institutions and the Guangdong Macao joint meeting on water traffic safety and channel management, and deployed 15 key tasks such as "improving the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao bay maritime cooperation mechanism" and "building a special traffic safety supervision area on the Pearl River Estuary", We will intensify efforts to promote data sharing in ship traffic management and maritime traffic accident safety investigation in the Pearl River estuary region.
Chen Chukun pointed out that at present, the Maritime Department of Guangdong Province has cancelled and delegated 34 items of administrative examination and approval, and promoted the realization of "one application and one completion" of 32 ship certificate documents in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area. At the same time, we will implement a "single window" for international trade, simplify the maritime procedures for the application and approval of ships entering and leaving ports, and implement the "one-time general handling" of ship certificates. The completion time limit will be reduced by more than 70% compared with the legal time limit, which can reduce the submission of materials by about 66%.
"The construction of Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Dawan district has provided huge development space for the water transportation industry. Guangdong maritime will focus on ensuring the water traffic safety of national key projects and serving the development of shipping economy, promote the orderly and convenient flow of shipping elements in Dawan District, help build a new development pattern and continue to make positive contributions to the economic development of Guangdong." Chen Chukun said.
