Strengthening of port cooperation, China and ASEAN have closer maritime ties
Ports play an important role in world import and export trade. With the advancement of the “Belt and Road” construction, China and ASEAN ports have made gratifying progress in cooperation in such areas as infrastructure, customs clearance, port and shipping logistics, and port industrial parks. In early September, the 2nd China-Malaysia Port Alliance Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia; on September 13, the China-ASEAN Port City Cooperation Network Working Conference was held in Nanning, Guangxi. The “Belt and Road” initiative has driven more and more Chinese companies to invest in overseas ports, involving the construction and operation of docks and port industrial parks. There are also more and more ASEAN companies coming to China to build ports, open new routes, and build joint ventures. In the logistics park, the maritime interconnection between China and ASEAN is closer.
As an important cooperation mechanism for maritime connectivity between China and ASEAN, in 2013, the China-ASEAN port city cooperation network was established. In the past four years, through the first phase of the China-ASEAN Port Logistics Information Center project, the logistics information interconnection between Guangxi Qinzhou Port and the interconnected ASEAN ports has been realized; 5 routes from Qinzhou Port to major ports in ASEAN countries have been opened, and maritime Search and rescue sub-center, marine meteorological monitoring and early warning center, water training base, China-ASEAN Maritime Tribunal and other supporting shipping service projects. In addition, the construction of the China-Singapore interconnection "Chongqing-Guixin" southbound channel has become a new model of multimodal transport cooperation network.
Singapore Pacific Shipping is the largest container liner company in Southeast Asia, with 24 branches in China, and its business includes container manufacturing, storage yards, terminals, and land logistics services. It has been invited to become a member of the China-ASEAN Port Cities Cooperation Network together with the Port Authority of Thailand, the Royal Port of Malacca in Malaysia, the Singapore International Port Group, Sihanoukville Port in Cambodia, and the Taiwan Wanhai Shipping Company.
Taiping Shipping Managing Director Zhang Songsheng told reporters that the company has seized the business opportunities brought by the "One Belt One Road" initiative in recent years. In 2015, it cooperated with Singapore International Port Group and Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group to operate in Qinzhou Port of Guangxi Beibu Gulf. In the international container terminal project, the business is booming, and the cargo volume maintains an average annual growth rate of 30%. Taiping Shipping also successively opened the "Beibu Gulf Qinzhou-North Central Vietnam-Singapore-Kuantan" routes in the Beibu Gulf, enabling the Beibu Gulf Port cargo to be transported to other parts of the world through Singapore as a transit port. The throughput this year is compared with last year. An increase of 18% during the same period. "The terminal project cooperation will help to further strengthen the cooperation between Singapore and Guangxi, China in the fields of shipping, maritime industry, ports and logistics, vigorously promote the development of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and help the construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road." Zhang Songsheng Say.
The China-Malaysian Port Alliance played a positive demonstration effect.
In November 2015, the Ministry of Transport of China and the Malaysian Ministry of Transport jointly signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing Port Alliance Relations" to formally form the "China-Malaysian Port Alliance". The founding members include 10 Chinese ports and 6 Mafang ports. The memorandum of understanding is the first cooperation document signed between China and Malaysia in the field of port cooperation. It is an important measure for China and Malaysia to jointly build the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road".
At the beginning of September, the 2nd China-Malaysia Port Alliance Conference agreed to admit China Tianjin Port Group Co., Ltd. and the three port authorities of Kemaman, Sabah and Kuching as new alliance members. According to Liu Peng, deputy director of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, the “circle of friends” between China and Malaysia’s ports is expanding. In addition, Qingdao Port Group Co., Ltd., which was included in the first meeting of the China-Malaysia Port Alliance, is currently The alliance covers 12 Chinese members and 9 Malaysian members. "The ports of the two sides have also become closer. The Chinese member ports have opened more than 200 routes to the Malaysian ports. In 2016, the container volume between the Chinese ports and the Port Klang in Malaysia exceeded 1.5 million standard containers, an increase of 10.8% over the previous year."
Since the establishment of the China-Malaysian Port Alliance, the interaction between the member units of the two parties has strengthened, exchanges have become more frequent, and joint ventures and cooperation have made new progress. The Mafang Kuantan Port project invested by the Chinese Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group is progressing smoothly. The first 150,000-ton berth will be completed within this year; Mafang Sime Darby and the Chinese Dalian Port Group have established a joint venture company to jointly develop containers in Weifang Port, China Business: The Malacca Royal Port project in which relevant Chinese port companies participate is progressing in an orderly manner. In the future, a deep water supply terminal and a seaside industrial park will be built.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liao Zhonglai said that the Malaysian government is convinced that China’s “One Belt One Road” initiative will help regional economic prosperity and create new opportunities for economic development. The Port Alliance platform can strengthen practical cooperation between the ports of the two countries and connect Malaysia-China trade. , Expand bilateral investment. Through project cooperation, personnel training, information exchange, technical support, and service enhancement, the ports of Malaysia and China have carried out extensive cooperation to create a broader interconnected shipping network between the two parties and the entire ASEAN region, and further enhance the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" The level of facilitation of trade, investment and logistics and transportation among countries along the route.
Port cooperation brings huge benefits to China and ASEAN.
Among the top 10 ports ranked by the global port cargo throughput and container throughput, Chinese ports both occupy 7 seats. As a transportation and logistics hub, Chinese ports play an important role in world import and export trade.
Port Klang is the eleventh largest port in the world. Jiang Zuohan, Chairman of the Port Authority of the port, believes that China is the world's second largest economy and has greatly promoted the growth of international trade in the past few years. Maritime transportation is the pillar of global trade growth and reform. . Cooperation with Chinese ports has promoted the overall development of Malaysian ports. The throughput of Port Klang in the first quarter of this year increased by more than 10%.
In Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port, which has a total throughput of 240 million tons and opened 44 domestic and foreign trade routes, the Port of Singapore has participated in the construction of 4 100,000-ton container terminals, which has achieved a substantial increase in the efficiency of container operations at the Beibu Gulf Port. Time has decreased from an average of more than 15 hours in the past to an average of 8 to 9 hours now.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group also participated in the operation of Malaysia's Kuantan Port and Brunei Mora Port. Zhou Xiaoxi, chairman of Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., Ltd., said that internal and external linkages have formed a good situation of win-win cooperation between China and ASEAN ports.
Professor Yao Jinlong of the Department of Economics at Sunway University Business School in Malaysia said in an interview with our reporter that improving the efficiency of ship scheduling and the convenience of logistics and transportation is in line with the fundamental interests of China-ASEAN port cooperation. It will help China and ASEAN in mutual navigation, port construction, Cooperation in the port industry, international trade, tourism and humanities has injected momentum. "Port cooperation can not only improve efficiency, save time and transportation costs, but more importantly, reduce non-tariff barriers in the customs clearance process, which will bring huge benefits to China and ASEAN in the long run."
Jiang Zuohan pointed out that China and ASEAN countries Ports can build a China-ASEAN port logistics information service network through China's national transportation and logistics public information platform, and increase transparency and further improve efficiency through information exchange. In the future, on the basis of port cooperation, China and ASEAN can further develop cooperation in inland industries, logistics hubs and free trade zones to promote the development of bilateral trade.
As an important cooperation mechanism for maritime connectivity between China and ASEAN, in 2013, the China-ASEAN port city cooperation network was established. In the past four years, through the first phase of the China-ASEAN Port Logistics Information Center project, the logistics information interconnection between Guangxi Qinzhou Port and the interconnected ASEAN ports has been realized; 5 routes from Qinzhou Port to major ports in ASEAN countries have been opened, and maritime Search and rescue sub-center, marine meteorological monitoring and early warning center, water training base, China-ASEAN Maritime Tribunal and other supporting shipping service projects. In addition, the construction of the China-Singapore interconnection "Chongqing-Guixin" southbound channel has become a new model of multimodal transport cooperation network.
Singapore Pacific Shipping is the largest container liner company in Southeast Asia, with 24 branches in China, and its business includes container manufacturing, storage yards, terminals, and land logistics services. It has been invited to become a member of the China-ASEAN Port Cities Cooperation Network together with the Port Authority of Thailand, the Royal Port of Malacca in Malaysia, the Singapore International Port Group, Sihanoukville Port in Cambodia, and the Taiwan Wanhai Shipping Company.
Taiping Shipping Managing Director Zhang Songsheng told reporters that the company has seized the business opportunities brought by the "One Belt One Road" initiative in recent years. In 2015, it cooperated with Singapore International Port Group and Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group to operate in Qinzhou Port of Guangxi Beibu Gulf. In the international container terminal project, the business is booming, and the cargo volume maintains an average annual growth rate of 30%. Taiping Shipping also successively opened the "Beibu Gulf Qinzhou-North Central Vietnam-Singapore-Kuantan" routes in the Beibu Gulf, enabling the Beibu Gulf Port cargo to be transported to other parts of the world through Singapore as a transit port. The throughput this year is compared with last year. An increase of 18% during the same period. "The terminal project cooperation will help to further strengthen the cooperation between Singapore and Guangxi, China in the fields of shipping, maritime industry, ports and logistics, vigorously promote the development of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, and help the construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road." Zhang Songsheng Say.
The China-Malaysian Port Alliance played a positive demonstration effect.
In November 2015, the Ministry of Transport of China and the Malaysian Ministry of Transport jointly signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Establishing Port Alliance Relations" to formally form the "China-Malaysian Port Alliance". The founding members include 10 Chinese ports and 6 Mafang ports. The memorandum of understanding is the first cooperation document signed between China and Malaysia in the field of port cooperation. It is an important measure for China and Malaysia to jointly build the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road".
At the beginning of September, the 2nd China-Malaysia Port Alliance Conference agreed to admit China Tianjin Port Group Co., Ltd. and the three port authorities of Kemaman, Sabah and Kuching as new alliance members. According to Liu Peng, deputy director of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China, the “circle of friends” between China and Malaysia’s ports is expanding. In addition, Qingdao Port Group Co., Ltd., which was included in the first meeting of the China-Malaysia Port Alliance, is currently The alliance covers 12 Chinese members and 9 Malaysian members. "The ports of the two sides have also become closer. The Chinese member ports have opened more than 200 routes to the Malaysian ports. In 2016, the container volume between the Chinese ports and the Port Klang in Malaysia exceeded 1.5 million standard containers, an increase of 10.8% over the previous year."
Since the establishment of the China-Malaysian Port Alliance, the interaction between the member units of the two parties has strengthened, exchanges have become more frequent, and joint ventures and cooperation have made new progress. The Mafang Kuantan Port project invested by the Chinese Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group is progressing smoothly. The first 150,000-ton berth will be completed within this year; Mafang Sime Darby and the Chinese Dalian Port Group have established a joint venture company to jointly develop containers in Weifang Port, China Business: The Malacca Royal Port project in which relevant Chinese port companies participate is progressing in an orderly manner. In the future, a deep water supply terminal and a seaside industrial park will be built.
Malaysian Transport Minister Liao Zhonglai said that the Malaysian government is convinced that China’s “One Belt One Road” initiative will help regional economic prosperity and create new opportunities for economic development. The Port Alliance platform can strengthen practical cooperation between the ports of the two countries and connect Malaysia-China trade. , Expand bilateral investment. Through project cooperation, personnel training, information exchange, technical support, and service enhancement, the ports of Malaysia and China have carried out extensive cooperation to create a broader interconnected shipping network between the two parties and the entire ASEAN region, and further enhance the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" The level of facilitation of trade, investment and logistics and transportation among countries along the route.
Port cooperation brings huge benefits to China and ASEAN.
Among the top 10 ports ranked by the global port cargo throughput and container throughput, Chinese ports both occupy 7 seats. As a transportation and logistics hub, Chinese ports play an important role in world import and export trade.
Port Klang is the eleventh largest port in the world. Jiang Zuohan, Chairman of the Port Authority of the port, believes that China is the world's second largest economy and has greatly promoted the growth of international trade in the past few years. Maritime transportation is the pillar of global trade growth and reform. . Cooperation with Chinese ports has promoted the overall development of Malaysian ports. The throughput of Port Klang in the first quarter of this year increased by more than 10%.
In Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port, which has a total throughput of 240 million tons and opened 44 domestic and foreign trade routes, the Port of Singapore has participated in the construction of 4 100,000-ton container terminals, which has achieved a substantial increase in the efficiency of container operations at the Beibu Gulf Port. Time has decreased from an average of more than 15 hours in the past to an average of 8 to 9 hours now.
Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group also participated in the operation of Malaysia's Kuantan Port and Brunei Mora Port. Zhou Xiaoxi, chairman of Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., Ltd., said that internal and external linkages have formed a good situation of win-win cooperation between China and ASEAN ports.
Professor Yao Jinlong of the Department of Economics at Sunway University Business School in Malaysia said in an interview with our reporter that improving the efficiency of ship scheduling and the convenience of logistics and transportation is in line with the fundamental interests of China-ASEAN port cooperation. It will help China and ASEAN in mutual navigation, port construction, Cooperation in the port industry, international trade, tourism and humanities has injected momentum. "Port cooperation can not only improve efficiency, save time and transportation costs, but more importantly, reduce non-tariff barriers in the customs clearance process, which will bring huge benefits to China and ASEAN in the long run."
Jiang Zuohan pointed out that China and ASEAN countries Ports can build a China-ASEAN port logistics information service network through China's national transportation and logistics public information platform, and increase transparency and further improve efficiency through information exchange. In the future, on the basis of port cooperation, China and ASEAN can further develop cooperation in inland industries, logistics hubs and free trade zones to promote the development of bilateral trade.
