On July 23, 2021, with Wuhan as the center, COSCO SHIPPING Group will build a comprehensive logistics hub that radiates the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, unblocks the entire river basin, and extends to the central and western regions, Central Asia and Europe, and promotes the introduction of the industrial chain in Wuhan. Serve regional economic development, help Wuhan become a strategic link between domestic and international dual cycles, fully promote the water-rail transportation project, and accelerate the construction of the Yangtze River shipping center.

The "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Central Region in the New Era" proposes to strengthen the construction of the shipping center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Wuhan, develop the combined iron and water transport functions of ports along the river, and optimize the transfer facilities and collection and distribution network. Qiu Jincheng, general manager of Wuhan COSCO SHIPPING Port Co., Ltd. believes that to strengthen the construction of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River shipping center in Wuhan and the construction of the central hub port, it is necessary to vigorously promote the water-rail combined transport project, open the last mile of the water-railway, and achieve seamless docking. COSCO SHIPPING Group invested in the construction of the second phase of the Yangluo water-rail combined transport project in Wuhan, which is to use the shipping, port, logistics, financial and other resource clusters in the COSCO SHIPPING system to provide services for customers and partners, smooth the entire supply chain of the Yangtze River, and serve the country The construction of an international dual circular economy system has vigorously promoted Wuhan to become a hub port city in the central region, and promoted the high-quality development of Hubei Province and Wuhan City.

Qiu Jincheng said that after the completion of the project, they will give full play to the function of the water-rail combined transportation hub, develop the combined rail-water transportation function of ports along the river, optimize the transfer facilities and collection and distribution network, and accelerate the expansion of the hinterland markets such as the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the central region of China. Logistics methods and transportation patterns in the Yangtze River Basin and the central and western regions; focus on the advantages of water-rail transportation, accelerate the construction of commercial logistics and regional distribution capabilities, and make good use of Wuhan hub conditions; promote the vertical extension of industries, cross-border integration, and promote the integrated development of port-industry-city .

Keywords: engineering news, state-owned enterprise reports

They will rely on COSCO SHIPPING's global leading shipping, terminal and logistics resources and Wuhan's central location advantages to give new impetus to water and rail transport, and strive to provide customers with higher operational efficiency, faster response to demand, and comprehensive logistics costs. Better value-added services for the supply chain; leveraging COSCO SHIPPING’s fruitful scientific research results in 5G smart ports, fully applying artificial intelligence and digital cutting-edge technologies, and actively building smart port demonstration projects; working with partners to accelerate the integrated operation of Yangluo International Port, Constructing a comprehensive logistics hub that radiates the central and western regions and the upper and middle reaches and runs through the entire river basin will make Wuhan more closely connected with the world.Editor/Xing Wentao