Auto & Transportation

On June 1, the cargo ship "Manchester Maersk" docked at the Dongjiang Pacific Terminal of Port of Tianjin, where 793 containers of foreign trade goods were successfully unloaded. It is understood that this batch of goods was transported to Yangshan Port of Shanghai from abroad by Maersk Shipping Lines, and then arrived at Port of Tianjin after handling the formalities of coastal pick up and transshipment. This is the 36th ship delivered by the company to Port of Tianjin.

One year ago, the first batch of foreign shipping company's coastal piggyback cargo carried by Maersk Shipping Company was shipped from Yangshan Port in Shanghai to Port of Tianjin. Since then, the first batch of foreign shipping company's coastal piggyback business has landed in Port of Tianjin. Over the past year, with the promotion of Tianjin Customs and other departments, Tianjin Port has made a "first try" policy for foreign shipping companies to take coastal transportation between Bonded logistics park areas, which has achieved good results.

Today, it has become a New normal for overseas international container liner companies to carry out transit business in Port of Tianjin. It is understood that multiple foreign shipping companies have obtained permission from the Ministry of Transport to carry out coastal transportation business for foreign trade container goods. Since the success of the first pilot flight last year, Port of Tianjin has carried out nearly 20000 TEUs of offshore liner coastal pick up business. Compared with the transit at overseas ports before the pilot, the new import route of coastal loading pilot can save enterprises a total transportation time of 7-20 days.

The implementation of the policy of international trade liner transportation along the coast can help to utilize the idle capacity of international liners, further attract goods previously transitioned from overseas ports to gather at Chinese coastal ports, compress the transportation time and logistics costs of goods entering and leaving China, and assist in the stability and quality improvement of domestic and international circulation and international trade.

"The implementation of the coastal carry along policy has had a positive impact on making full use of idle transport capacity and optimizing the layout of routes, making Port of Tianjin more functional and attracting more ships and goods to collect, distribute and transit in Port of Tianjin. In addition, the Tianjin Customs has implemented a series of policies in recent years, such as" direct lifting beside ships, direct loading upon arrival, and confirmation of departure from the port ". We have deeply enjoyed the dividends of the policy and further enriched the port functions, This has greatly reduced the transportation cost and logistics time of goods in Port of Tianjin, and has given us more initiative in expanding the international trade, logistics and shipping market. " According to Manager Zhu, the person in charge of Tianjin COSCO Shipping Logistics.

According to Chen Jinyi, the head of the Port Supervision Department of Tianjin Customs, in order to assist in maintaining stability and improving quality of foreign trade, and attract more goods to transit and gather at Tianjin ports, Tianjin Customs fully utilizes the role of customs as a dual circulation intersection hub, optimizes regulatory methods, and supports the smooth development of coastal transportation business by adding new coastal transportation methods, testing and optimizing business processes, establishing coastal transportation specialized positions, and closely cooperating with brother customs Promote the implementation of pilot policies for coastal transportation by foreign shipping companies. At the same time, we will continue to promote the reform and practice of smart control at ports, establish a smart regulatory system for the entire process of loading and unloading, transportation, storage, import and export, and deepen the reform of the "ship side direct delivery" and "arrival direct loading" business models, and support the convenient development of coastal transportation business.

In addition, the customs of Tianjin and Shanghai have jointly established a coordination mechanism to streamline matters such as customs transfer and inspection of coastal cargo, implement pre confirmation of customs clearance information such as ship and container sealing lists before the arrival of ships, and support the smooth development of international shipping coastal cargo business between ports. By prioritizing inspection and delivery, the customs clearance time for imported fruits along the coast has been reduced by 40% month on month, continuously releasing policy dividends. Guide enterprises to conduct preliminary work such as qualification application, ship registration, and customs declaration preparation in a one-stop manner, promote the "online acceptance offline document submission" parallel declaration mode, compress business processing time, and enrich the transportation routes of international trade goods.

The innovative effects of these policies have become more evident this year, and regulatory services have further improved their quality and growth rate.

Up to now, the coastal transportation business of international trade navigation ships between Shanghai Yangshan and Tianjin Dongjiang Bonded logistics park has reached 17800 TEUs, up 15% year on year. The functions of Port of Tianjin have been further enriched, providing a strong guarantee for Port of Tianjin to increase container throughput. (Translated from: International Business Daily)