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Liaoning Port Group Opens the New Year with a Bang

CATEGORY:Port

FROM:China Water Transport, edited by E-PORTS

08 / Dec / 2021

On February 11, MUNICH MAERSK set sail for Europe from Liaoning Port Group’s container terminal at Dalian, after loading over 2000 containers. The Port Group maintains the operational momentum from its strong opening in January, attaining a throughput of 7.4 million tons in the seven-day Spring Festival holiday. While ensuring safe and efficient production through the holiday, this also opened the new year with a bang.

This year’s Spring Festival is the first major holiday after the Liaoning Port Group’s formation. Thousands of workers and managers in Dalian and Yingkou stuck to their posts through the celebrations. With high efficiency at the specialized terminals, and with scenes of sprawling trucks and ships and an unceasing roar of machinery, the cacophony produced a “Spring Festival Overture” for port production.

Operations Open with a Bang

Since its establishment on January 4, the Liaoning Port Group has stood as a new launch point for port resource integration in Liaoning Province. It represents clear efforts to consolidate a synergy between production and operation, to strengthen the advantages of Dalian and Yingkou and achieve an efficient linkage through a “Dual Zone”. This year’s production has surged, with good results from market development and the supply of goods. Cargo types like containers, coal, mixed metals and commodity vehicles have exhibited steady growth, with consolidation of initial dividends.

The Liaoning Port Group maintained strong production through the Spring Festival, with loading and discharging of bulk commodities continuing an upward trend. The Dalian Automobile Terminal Co., Ltd. and Yingkou Port Co., Ltd. each achieved their best results in the Lunar Year. New records were set in the single-shift production volume of rice, while new business in imported pulp and commodity vehicles where developed. Through the holiday period, the Group closely monitored major ships while coping with severe weather like high wind and low temperature, effectively arranged operational plans, and ensured safe berthing, thus fully satisfying customers’ cargo requirements and solving urgent needs. The Year of the Pig will be a great year.

Liaoning Port Group handled over 220 port calls during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, including two 400,000-ton ore carriers, six 150-300,000-ton ore carriers, six VLCCs, four bulk liners and one LNG-carrier. On average, close to three large ships arrived at port every day. In total, the Group handled cargo exceeding 7.4 million tons and nearly 55,000 passengers.

Workers Stick to their Posts

To achieve good production results, thousands of workers and managers at Dalian and Yingkou stuck with their posts, ensuring safe, smooth and efficient operations at the two ports.

Duan Honghui (43) is a manager at the Operation Department Resource Allocation Center at the Group’s Dalian Port Container Terminal. An “old hand”, having worked at the terminal for over 20 years. On the early morning of Lunar New Year’s Eve, Duan showed up for work as usual before 07:00. At the morning meeting he not only gave operational instructions, but also emphasized that: “this is the first Spring Festival of our Liaoning Port Group. We must pay extra attention to safety…”. After the meeting, Duan, much more strict than usual, led duty officers on an inspection round. Until the morning of Lunar New Year’s Day, he patrolled the facilities for almost 24 hours, supervising and inspecting more than 50 important spots.

“We have new hope after the establishment of Liaoning Port Group. This Spring Festival is the first handled by the Group. In this young family, many colleagues are sticking to their posts during the holidays. Each of us are sacrificing a little bit more so that everyone can produce good results. With good development for the Group, we are also happy”, Duan told reporters.

Driving the Construction of a Northeast Asia International Shipping Center

Dalian Port is an important hub and distribution point for containerships, oil and product carriers, bulkers, iron ore carriers, grain carriers, car carriers and passenger ro-ro vessels in northern China. It possesses several world-leading berths and the largest passenger terminal in the country. Meanwhile, Yingkou Port sits on one of the most convenient sea lanes connecting Inner Mongolia and the three northeastern provinces to the ocean. It is an important transit port for the “One Belt, One Road” sea-rail multimodal freight route and a regional hub for bulk commodity logistics. After completing integration of the two ports, Liaoning Port Group covers Northeast Asian sea traffic for Inner Mongolia and the three northeastern provinces, making it an ocean gateway from northern China to the world. The Group boasts wide and deep ports, year-round operations, advantageous natural conditions, and over 200 production berths. Among these there are 152 berths that handle cargo over 10,000 tons, a super-large crude oil terminal, a container terminal, and an automobile ro-ro terminal, all world-class. These assets make the Group the largest in China in terms of resources and cargo throughput.

Port integration is an important policy direction in China’s port economy. It is also an inevitable choice to seize the new high ground in port competition. In the growing tide of port integration, the young Liaoning Port Group has established itself and achieved a good start in high-quality development. Statistics indicate that the Group’s total throughput increased significantly in 2018, while profits increased even more. Dalian and Yingkou ports have transferred some types of goods, effectively limiting homogeneous competition, while port fees have been rationalized. Over the next 5 to 10 years, Liaoning Port Group will draw from China Merchants Group’s diversified industrial layout and assets in ports, shipping and logistics, to drive business adjustment and operation professionalization. The aim is to increase port assets and profits and revitalize industry in the region in cooperation with local governments in Liaoning. Thus, they can jointly drive and share the construction of a northeast Asia international shipping center.

辽宁港口集团新年业绩“开门红”

2月11日，靠泊在辽宁港口集团大连港集装箱码头的“慕尼黑马士基””轮，完成2000多个集装箱的装卸作业后，乘风破浪驶往欧洲。春节7天，辽宁港口集团生产经营延续元月良好势头，完成货物吞吐量超740万吨，在安全高效完成节日生产任务的同时，实现己亥新年红火“开门”。

今年春节是辽宁港口集团成立后迎来的第一个重大节日，大连、营口两港数千名干部职工坚守岗位，各专业化码头运转高效，车船往来如织的场景与机械轰鸣不绝之音相映生辉，演奏出港口生产的“春节序曲”。

生产红火“开门”

自今年1月4日成立以来，辽宁港口集团站在辽宁省港口资源整合的新起点上，精准施策，凝聚生产经营合力，持续放大大连、营口两港优势，实现“双区”高效联动，港口开年生产一路高歌猛进，市场开发、货源争揽成效显著，集装箱、煤炭、混矿、商品车等货种增势稳健，初显整合红利。

春节期间，辽宁港口集团生产形势红火依旧。大宗散货装卸量持续呈现上扬态势，大连港汽车码头公司、营口港股份三公司等分别创下了历年春节期间生产最好成绩;单班大米作业量等生产纪录被频繁刷新，相继开发进口纸浆、商品车班列等多项新业务;密切关注重点船舶，有效应对大风、低温等恶劣天气影响，合理安排作业计划，保证船舶靠离;全力满足客户春节期间货物运载需求，帮助众多客户解决“燃眉之急”，农历猪年生产业绩一路飘红。

春节7天，辽宁港口集团作业船舶220余艘次，其中40万吨矿船2艘次、15至30万吨级矿船6艘次、VLCC油轮6艘次、干线班轮4艘次、LNG船舶1艘次，平均每天作业到港大型船舶近3艘次，累计完成货物吞吐量超过740万吨，迎送进出港旅客近5.5万人次。

职工坚守岗位

为创生产佳绩，辽宁港口集团大连、营口两港数千名干部职工坚守岗位，确保了港区作业安全、顺畅、高效。

今年43岁的段洪辉，是辽宁港口集团大连港集装箱码头操作运营部资源配置中心的一名主管。作为一名“老码头”，他在大连港集装箱码头工作了20余年。大年三十一早，段洪辉像往常一样不到7点便已就位。在召开作业班前会时，除了交代作业注意事项外，他特别强调说：“今年是我们新成立的辽宁港口集团的第一个春节，安全生产我们更要加倍注意……” 比往常更“唠叨”的段洪辉在班前会结束后，便马不停蹄地带领值班人员进行巡查，到大年初一早上，他几乎24小时都在现场巡检，查看、监督了50多个重要点位。

“辽宁港口集团成立后，我们有了新的希望。这个春节是集团迎来的第一个新年，在这个组建不久的大家庭中，春节期间坚守岗位的有很多同事。我们每个人多付出一点，大家齐心协力搞好生产，集团有了更好的发展，我们也开心。”段洪辉告诉记者。

打造东北亚国际航运中心建设强力引擎

大连港是中国北方重要的集装箱、油化品、散杂货、铁矿石、粮食、汽车、客运滚装等枢纽港和分拨转运中心，建有多个世界领先的泊位以及全国最大的海上客运港;营口港则是东北三省和内蒙古地区最便捷的出海通道之一，是“一带一路”中欧物流海铁联运重要的中转港和大宗散杂货区域物流中心。完成两港整合后的辽宁港口集团，背依东北三省和内蒙古东部地区，辐射东北亚，是中国北方走向世界最近的海上门户，港阔水深、四季通航，自然条件优越，拥有生产泊位超过200个，其中万吨级以上泊位152个，超大型原油码头、矿石码头、集装箱码头、汽车滚装码头世界领先，成为国内资产规模和吞吐量规模最大的港口集团之一。

港口一体化是我国港口经济的重要命题，也是抢占新一轮港口经济竞争制高点的必然选择。在港口整合大潮中，刚“满月”不久的辽宁港口集团锋芒已露，取得了新时代高质量发展的良好开局。据统计，辽宁港口集团2018年总吞吐量增幅明显，主营业务收入增幅明显高于吞吐量增幅，大连港、营口港已实现部分货种转移，同质化竞争得到了有效控制，港口收费走入合理区间。未来5至10年，辽宁港口集团将借助招商局在全球的多元化产业布局以及港口、航运、物流等资源，通过持续的业务调整和专业化运营，大幅提升港口总资产和净利润，与辽宁各地方政府共商共建共享，促进东北产业振兴，打造东北亚国际航运中心建设的强力引擎。