Auto & Transportation

A few days ago, the cargo ship "Meirun Maersk" from Europe was loaded with containers and docked at the Pacific International Container Terminal in Port of Tianjin, and began loading and unloading operations as scheduled. As the quay bridge crane at the container terminal slowly descends, containers filled with imported goods are steadily loaded and unloaded from the ship onto transport vehicles, and are about to be transported to the storage site of Yangguang Kuoda in Beijing. As of June 25th, Tianjin's "Smart Platform for Port Collection and Distribution" has certified 27000 drivers and 23000 vehicles, with a cumulative collection and distribution business volume exceeding 5 million boxes, radiating to 29 provinces and municipalities across the country. The business volume of enterprises in Beijing Tianjin Hebei ranks among the top three on the platform.

The dividends of the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei have brought great convenience to international trade logistics enterprises that serve foreign trade business. Zhang Wenyang recalled that the company needs to book transportation vehicles in advance and adjust them at any time based on the actual arrival time of the ship. Nowadays, after ships arrive at the port, they can book vehicles in real time through the "Smart Platform for Port Clearance and Clearing", resulting in a 10% reduction in logistics costs for enterprises.

It is understood that the "smart platform for customs port collection and distribution" jointly built by Port of Tianjin Customs and Tianjin Port Group has been applied to the collection and distribution business of Tianjin Port since 2021. In order to truly serve the development of ports and the needs of enterprises through reform measures such as "ship side direct lifting" and "arrival direct loading", the "smart platform for customs clearance and port consolidation" leverages the interactive aggregation effect of internet platforms to intelligently integrate customs clearance and port loading and unloading operations, promote the large-scale application of measures such as "direct lifting and loading" to optimize the port business environment, and strive to provide better smart port services for enterprises.

It is particularly worth mentioning that in the loading, unloading and transportation link at the core of the port, the platform can intelligently match the resources of all parties, explore and realize the goal of "public transportation of port logistics" through the main functions of intelligent scheduling, intelligent freight, one-stop access, logistics chain visualization, etc., better help international trade enterprises to quickly import and export goods, and serve the coordinated development of Beijing Tianjin Hebei and the construction of the "the Belt and Road" in international trade.

This platform integrates information from customs, transportation, ports, yards, shipping agents, and fleets to overcome pain points and bottlenecks in the port logistics clearance process, helping enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency. Its services such as car finding, cargo picking, container picking, port collection, fee settlement, navigation, and vehicle cargo tracking have further improved cross-border logistics efficiency, "according to Li Gang, Deputy Director of Tianjin Customs Port Supervision Department, The "Smart Platform for Port Clearance and Distribution" ensures the application and expansion of the "direct lifting and direct loading" model through technological means by achieving three-dimensional intelligent matching of vehicles, goods, and ships within the port area, creating a smart logistics model of "zero waiting" for port and enterprise collection and distribution operations.

Since the beginning of this year, Tianjin Port has promoted and ensured the optimization, upgrading, and application expansion of the "Smart Platform for Port Collection and Distribution" through the joint efforts and relay of port clearance. With the "intelligent matching of vehicles, cargo, and ships" and "dual matching" functions, it has achieved precise matching of "direct lifting and direct loading" goods, helped to achieve large-scale application of reform, promoted the development of international trade, and simultaneously provided "one-stop" services for port collection and distribution operations, Support enterprises to enjoy the "Smart port" service conveniently.

At the same time, focusing on the hot and difficult issues that the Beijing Tianjin Hebei Customs have jointly sorted out and collected from enterprises, both customs and port sides continue to promote the re optimization of the "direct lifting and direct loading" operation process. From the perspectives of agency enterprises, transportation fleets, and other different enterprises, various versions of the "direct lifting and direct loading" operation process are sorted and released, further improving the friendliness of reform promotion and operation links, and effectively utilizing online reservations, "container loading and unloading" Convenient services such as sorting operations ensure efficient and smooth port pick-up and collection operations. The intelligent level and application effectiveness of the "Smart Platform for Port Collection and Distribution" have gradually expanded, effectively improving the convenience level of port collection and distribution, and helping to create the most convenient "sea outlet" for the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region to go global.

In the next step, Tianjin Customs will continue to be problem oriented, deepen the cooperation between Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Customs, jointly launch supporting safeguard measures to support reform with Port of Tianjin, and explore expanding reform participation and coverage to the hinterland of Port of Tianjin; We will continue to promote the optimization and improvement of the functions of Tianjin's "smart platform for port closure and distribution", strive to provide better Smart port services for enterprises, support the high-quality development of world-class port construction, better serve the functional positioning of Tianjin's "one base and three districts", promote the development of international trade, and promote the deepening and implementation of the major national strategy of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.