In order to maintain the order of navigation in the waters of the Meizhou Bay Estuary, to ensure the safety of ship navigation, and to promote local economic development, the "Meizhou Bay Estuary Ship Routing System" and "Meizhou Bay Estuary Ship Reporting System" are now issued and will be officially implemented on July 1, 2020.

Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Transport and the General Office of the People’s Governments of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan (Autonomous Region) jointly issued the “Implementation Opinions on the Pearl River Water Transport for the Construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”). Interpret the relevant policies as follows.

Transparency in the governance of economic activities has emerged as a common expectation, as it is seen as a moral and political imperative related to goals such as accountability, inclusivity, legitimacy, justification, good governance and socially responsible outcomes. It is also linked with the improved performance of an industry, sector, or firm. For this reason, the term is routinely discussed when stakeholders seek to know what businesses are deciding and doing.

There is a gradual but clear transition towards a circular economy (CE) that will potentially have significant impacts on ports, both in their function as transport nodes and as locations for logistics and manufacturing activities. A rough appraisal of new investments in circular manufacturing activities in ports in Europe drawn from organizational reports and official webpages illustrates the (slow) development of circular activities in ports.

In order to thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, in accordance with the requirements of "foreign defense import, internal defense rebound", we must pay close attention to the import prevention and control of foreign epidemic situation, strengthen the self-protection of port employees, especially front-line workers, and strictly This guideline was developed to prevent the spread of new coronary pneumonia epidemics through waterways.

The IAPH-WPSP survey on the impact of COVID-19 is conducted with the aim of monitoring the current situation in world ports and trends compared to previous weeks.The first survey results were collected in week 15 of 2020 (April 6). This week’s results deal with the situation in week 23 (June 2, 2020). A total of 104 valid answers were received, the highest number of respondents to date. Europe continues to be the leading region with 46% of the total (same share as in week 21). The Americas are also well represented with 18 ports from Central and South America (17%) and 16 ports from North America (15%). African and Asian ports remain underrepresented, although the number of respondents from these regions is on the increase.

It plays an important role in promoting the economic development of the river basin, optimizing the industrial layout, and opening up services to the outside world. In order to implement the strategic deployment of the construction of a powerful transportation country, promote the high-quality development of inland navigation, serve the implementation of the national strategy, and assist the construction of a modern socialist country with Chinese characteristics, this outline is specially formulated.

On June 1, the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port, formulated by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, was officially released.

Effective planning for transport infrastructures such as ports and their connections to roads, railways and inland waterways, requires foresight of what possible future maritime trade flows could look like. The future of maritime trade demand remains by nature uncertain. Due to the diversity in commodities transported at sea (oil, coal, iron ore, grain, general and containerized cargoes…), each trade could be subject to a specific analysis as maritime flows are affected by a large variety of factors, such the level of integration and of regionalization of the global economy, prospects on World population and GDP per capita as well as the future organization of Global Value Chains (GVCs). For maritime transportation, which is still a fossil-based industry, the diversification of energy supplies and transitions towards renewable energy will also have a significant impact on maritime trades.

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China is currently in effect Regulatory file directory (2) (As of April 30, 2020)