On August 10, 2021, the Shanghai Port Northeast Asia Empty Container Dispatching Center signed a contract and inaugurated in the Lingang New Area of Shanghai Free Trade Zone. The Northeast Asia Empty Container Dispatching Center of Shanghai Port is located in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone. It will provide empty container repair services in the port to speed up the efficiency of empty container turnover in the port, and operate the empty container center in blocks according to the needs and characteristics of shipping logistics companies to solve the problem of import and export. Seasonal shortage of boxes caused by unbalanced box volume.

Speed up the turnover of empty containers in the port

The 14th Five-Year Plan of Shanghai emphasizes the need to deepen the construction of the new Lingang area, rely on policy advantages, promote the opening of the shipping field, explore a shipping development system and operation model that is in line with international standards, and create a stable, fair and transparent development environment. Among them, the construction of a hub port, optimizing the collection and distribution system, and providing port supporting service guarantees are important components of shipping development. SIPG will build the "Shanghai Port Northeast Asia Empty Container Dispatching Center" to further enhance the supporting resources of the Yangshan Port area. Energy level and comprehensive service capabilities of Shanghai International Shipping Center.

As the bridgehead of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and an important hub for river-sea combined transportation in the economic belt of the Yangtze River, Shanghai Port has a long history of planning to establish an empty container transportation center in Northeast Asia. The Yangshan Port Area is an important part of the Lingang New Area and the core hub port of the Shanghai International Shipping Center. It also assumes the mission of the core node of the global supply chain. The advantages of system innovation in the Lingang New Area and the superior geographical location of the Yangshan Port Area lay the foundation for the construction of an empty container dispatch center in Northeast Asia.

SIPG, together with world-renowned shipping logistics such as Maersk, CMA CGM, Mediterranean and Evergreen, will build an empty container dispatch center in Northeast Asia and settle in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone, which is conducive to taking advantage of the system innovation and integration advantages of the Lingang New Area and forming a system operation model , To improve the efficiency of the regional logistics system and the efficiency of shipping resources allocation in the international and domestic markets will play a positive role in the development of Shanghai Port's efforts to develop international and domestic water-to-water transfers and enhance the energy level of the shipping hub.

"In order to focus on building the domestic large-scale circulation center node and the domestic and international dual-circulation strategic link, Shanghai Port will be committed to forming a safer, more convenient and efficient logistics path during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period." Gu Gu, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of SIPG Jinshan stated that SIPG will further deepen its strategic cooperation with shipping companies, realize interconnection and co-construction and sharing of port and shipping companies, solve the seasonal shortage of containers caused by the imbalance of import and export containers, and improve port and shipping logistics resource allocation capabilities. With the integrated service level of port and shipping, the "Shanghai Port Northeast Asia Empty Container Dispatching Center" has become a demonstration project in the Yangshan Special Comprehensive Bonded Zone. It will comprehensively improve the service radiation level of the shipping hub and promote a new round of high quality in the Lingang New Area. Development injects new kinetic energy.

In the next stage, the Shanghai Port Northeast Asia Empty Container Dispatching Center will be based on the Yangshan Deepwater Port area, leverage the innovative advantages of the Lingang New Area policy system, strengthen its own capacity building, promote the linkage of customs and ports, and port and shipping cooperation, and form a systematic operation model: rich Improve the capacity structure, improve hardware service capabilities and information processing capabilities, provide empty container repair services in the port, and accelerate the efficiency of empty container turnover in the port; actively strive for customs policy support for empty container declarations, and build Yangshan into a core node for empty container transit Establish a strategic cooperation mechanism with shipping companies, operate empty container centers in blocks according to the needs and characteristics of shipping logistics companies, solve seasonal shortages caused by unbalanced import and export container volumes, improve port and shipping logistics resource allocation capabilities, and improve Comprehensive service level of port and shipping, and jointly explore new forms of port logistics business.

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Shanghai SIPG will also focus on the goal of building a world-class shipping hub, and provide customers with safe, convenient, efficient and economical logistics services through the empowerment of new technologies, the development of new regions, and the development of new business formats, helping to build the new Lingang area. The more internationally competitive and influential Shanghai International Shipping Center and a shipping hub radiating the world.Editor/Xing Wentao