On the evening of March 11, Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) issued a fixed increase plan, which plans to increase 372 million shares to Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) at a fixed price and introduce the latter for war investment. The total amount of funds raised does not exceed 1.5 billion yuan. The shares obtained by Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) account for 23% of the total share capital of the company after issuance, and will become Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) the second largest shareholder. It is reported that in addition to the deep binding at the equity level, the two sides will deepen the cooperation between port and shipping logistics and port capital, build a “double circulation” logistics channel, realize complementary advantages and comprehensively improve the high-quality development level of the port.
According to the disclosure of the plan, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) will take charge of the fixed increase in cash, and the fund raised by Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) will invest 1.5 billion yuan in Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) International Automobile green intelligent logistics center project, Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) green low-carbon port loading and unloading process equipment upgrading project, supplementary working capital and debt repayment.
The “happy marriage” between the two ports is also known as the strategic reorganization of port resources in the Yangtze River Delta. Shanghai port is the world’s largest container throughput port and the world’s second largest cargo throughput port. It is also the first port joint-stock enterprise listed as a whole in China One belt, one road, is the important support point for the new Eurasian Continental Bridge, ” Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) “.
The company announced that the main purpose of this fixed increase is to grasp the opportunity of port resource integration and realize the coordinated development of port group. The CPC Central Committee The outline of the Yangtze River Delta regional integration development plan issued by the State Council clearly points out that “promote the integration of port and shipping resources, optimize port layout, improve the integrated development mechanism, enhance the ability to serve the whole country, and form a world-class port group with reasonable division of labor and mutual cooperation” “Strengthen the cooperation and linkage development of river sea intermodal transport of coastal ports along the river, encourage port groups to strengthen cooperation by means of cross shareholding, and promote the coordinated development of ports in the Yangtze River Delta”. Through this non-public offering, Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) achieve strategic cooperation. The two sides will use capital as a link to realize the strategic reorganization of port resources in the Yangtze River Delta and promote the coordinated development of ports in the Yangtze River Delta; Take Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) port as the cooperation platform and introduce Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) as the strategic investor to integrate port assets and realize complementary advantages, so as to improve the scientific development and utilization level of port resources and help Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) future development.
After the cooperation between the two sides, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) will give full play to the radiation capacity of Shanghai international shipping center and the route resource advantages of international container hub port, Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) will give full play to the location advantages of the East-West open maritime portal of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the sea land connecting transportation hub, and through the combination of routes and the coordination of sea rail intermodal transport resources, Enhance the link between the Eurasian Continental Bridge and the 21st century Maritime Silk Road.
The reporter learned that on February 24 this year, Shanghai International Port (Group) Co.Ltd(600018) , Jiangsu Lianyungang Port Co.Ltd(601008) cooperative efforts to promote the “Lianshen express” first container ship has been officially put into operation, which also marks that the strategic cooperation between the two sides has entered the actual operation stage.
