At the beginning of July, it starts to clear after the rain. As the train whistle sounded, a China-Europe train loaded with cargo slowly pulled out from Tianjin International Dry Port in Xiqing District of Tianjin City, heading for Moscow, the capital of Russia. The train, carrying 110 TEUs and loaded with 1129 tons of export goods such as auto parts and machinery, will exit the country via Erenhot Port and arrive at its destination in about 15 days.

"The new train provides a new logistics platform for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei import and export trade." Guo Chunning, general manager of Tianjin International Land Port, said that this is the first China-Europe train operated by Tianjin International Land Port. It will not only add impetus to the development of the regional foreign trade industry and export-oriented economy, but also provide Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei enterprises with access to the international market. New options for logistics services.

The operation of new trains is the result of Tianjin's improvement of the layout of "sea, land and air" transportation capacity and attracting the gathering of shipping elements. Today, Tianjin Port maintains trade relations with more than 500 ports in more than 180 countries and regions around the world. The six land external collection and distribution railways and the "Five Horizontal and Four Vertical" collection and distribution highways radiate an area of nearly 5 million square kilometers; Since 2023, Tianjin Port has continuously opened foreign trade routes in Europe, West South America, and the Middle East, and the number of container liner routes has increased to 147.

The world's first "smart zero-carbon" terminal has been built, and port-based industries such as petrochemicals, cold chain transportation, digital freight, and bonded maintenance have rapidly emerged, accelerating the creation of shipping service clusters... With policy support, relying on the "dual hubs" of seaports and airports, the construction of Tianjin's northern international shipping core area is progressing steadily. The 2024 Tianjin International Shipping Industry Expo is about to kick off. The northern international shipping core area not only attracts the attention of all over the world, but is also benefiting the experience and achievements of development from all over the world.

Three-way efforts are made to the international hub port "aims for thousands of miles"

At the end of June this year, the "CMA Fei Missouri" successfully set sail from the 36th berth of Tianjin Port Container Terminal to Brazil. This is the seventh cargo ship to operate after the opening of Tianjin Port's first direct container route to the east coast of South America in May this year.

Since May, Tianjin Port has successively opened new routes such as COSCO Shipping's East Route in South America, COSCO Shipping's East Route in the United States, and CMA-C-China Route in the United States, effectively expanding the shipping resources of Tianjin Port to the Americas.

"The new route has enhanced the competitiveness of exports from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in the American market. In the future, it will also attract e-commerce goods and overseas warehouse goods to increase their share of exports in Tianjin and better serve the development of Tianjin Port's export-oriented economy." said Yu Cheng, deputy manager of the operation management department of Tianjin Port Pacific International Container Terminal Co., Ltd.

To strive for strength in the sea, we aim for thousands of miles. Tianjin Port focuses on its responsibilities and will build a world-class smart port and green port to better serve the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as the fundamental guideline for development.

In 2021, the world's first "smart zero-carbon" terminal-Tianjin Port Beijiang Port Area Section C intelligent container terminal will be officially put into operation. On the dock, artificial intelligence transport robots (ARTs) shuttle back and forth with positioning accuracy of up to centimeters; the fan blades rotate in the wind, giving "green hearts" to former "large carbon emitters" such as quayside bridges, rail bridges, and trucks.

With the support of intelligent and innovative technologies, Tianjin Port Group is constantly updating its transportation "report card". In the first half of this year, Tianjin Port Group completed a cumulative cargo throughput of 248 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; container throughput of 11.88 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%, achieving "double and half" production with high quality.

Sea-bound routes continue to be "updated", and land-bound trains have also expanded and increased efficiency, improving the radiation capacity of the "hub".

Promoting the "public transportation railway" and "scattered transformation into integrated transportation" is one of the important measures to smooth the large channel connecting the hinterland and accelerate the construction of Tianjin's northern international shipping hub. Recently, a container express train loaded with FAW Toyota vehicle parts drove from Tianjin Container Center Station affiliated to China Railway Beijing Bureau to Chengdu Chengxiang Station, building another fast, efficient, green and environmentally friendly logistics "corridor" between Tianjin and Chengdu.

"Container express freight trains can shorten railway transportation time from 10 days to 3 days, effectively improving the company's cargo turnover rate." Mou Congkai, manager of the marketing department of Tianjin Railway Logistics Center, said that compared with road transportation, railway container freight transportation can also avoid cargo pollution and damage caused by sun and rainfall, effectively reducing the comprehensive cost of the enterprise.

The airport about 40 kilometers away is also busy. On the evening of July 5, a B737 all-cargo plane of Tianjin Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. took off from Tianjin Binhai International Airport. After a short stop at Beijing Capital International Airport, it set off again, and landed at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the early morning of the 6th. Since then, Tianjin Cargo Airlines '"Tianjin-Beijing (Capital)-Guangzhou" cargo route has been officially opened.

"In recent years, Tianjin's cargo air route network has continued to expand, building an air corridor vertically spanning the country's north and south and a transportation corridor facing major economies in East Asia and Southeast Asia." said Qin Liansheng, vice president of marketing for Tianjin Cargo Aviation Co., Ltd.

In terms of passenger transport, from January to May this year, Tianjin Binhai International Airport transported more than 400,000 international and regional passengers, a year-on-year increase of more than double. "We will also strengthen communication and cooperation with domestic and foreign airlines, continue to restore and improve the route network, enrich service products, improve service quality, and provide passengers in Tianjin City and surrounding areas with a richer, more convenient and comfortable air travel experience." said Wang Qi, deputy general manager of the marketing department of Tianjin Binhai International Airport Co., Ltd.

The "Tianjin City Regulations on Promoting the Construction of the Northern International Shipping Hub" was officially promulgated and implemented on September 1, 2021, clarifying the responsibilities of government departments and financial support and other safeguard measures in the form of local regulations; in May 2022,"Tianjin City Aviation Logistics Development The" 14th Five-Year Plan "was promulgated as a blueprint for the development of aviation logistics; In June 2023, Tianjin City released the "Action Plan for the Integrated Development of Port, Industry and City" to further leverage the hard-core advantages of the port... In recent years, Tianjin has introduced a top-level design "combination punch" to promote the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei as a strategic guide to accelerate the construction of the core area of international shipping in the north.

"We will continue to give full play to the advantageous role of Tianjin Port, vigorously improve the level of Tianjin Port's facilities, comprehensively improve the port's collection and distribution capabilities, open up more domestic and foreign trade routes, promote sea-rail intermodal transportation to a new level, and promote the agglomeration of the shipping service industry. The extension of the advantageous cargo industry chain will transform the port's 'hard core' advantages into a powerful engine for high-quality regional economic and social development." Liu Daogang, deputy director of the Tianjin City Transportation Commission, said.

Developing new quality industrial clusters in accordance with Hong Kong

Recently, good news came from Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone that my country's first independently developed smart factory for offshore oil and gas completion tools has been completed and put into operation. As a key technology for offshore oil and gas surface acquisition, after the factory is put into operation, it will be used for the intelligent production of the high-end completion system independently developed by CNOOC-"Haihong" completion tool.

"'Haihong 'has overcome a number of key core technologies and can cover all completion technology needs of offshore oil and gas fields, and its product technical indicators have reached the international advanced level." said Liu Baosheng, general manager of the Engineering Technology Operation Center of CNOOC Tianjin Branch.

This is a microcosm of Tianjin's promotion of high-end marine equipment manufacturing. In recent years, Tianjin, which is born near the sea and prosperous by the port, is building a complete industrial chain with complete sets of marine equipment as the core, supported by key supporting facilities, and characterized by chain-based services.

Traditional advantages continue to grow, and new momentum is also booming. On the banks of the Bohai Bay, Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone has become one of the "highlands" for my country to develop digital freight and used car export business.

Attracted by a good industrial ecology and business environment, a few years ago, Tianjin Manyun Software Technology Co., Ltd., a leading digital freight company, chose to settle here. Subsequently, the company gave full play to the advantages of platform, digitalization, and networking, and used freight big data to serve logistics companies to reduce costs, increase efficiency, improve carrying capacity, and achieve rapid business development.

"Tianjin has superior location advantages, transportation advantages and a good business logistics development environment. With the rapid development of the industry, companies are also constantly 'breaking through themselves.'" said Zhu Liang, business head of Tianjin Manyun Software Technology Co., Ltd.

In order to promote the standardized development of the digital freight industry and keep up with the development and changes of emerging industries, relevant departments continue to promote measures and find ways to highlight the integration of government and enterprises. They have repeated discussions with enterprises and experts before the implementation of policies to adapt to the actual situation of the industry and improve service quality and efficiency., continuously optimize the approval process and promote the gathering of high-quality enterprises in Tianjin.

In 2023, Tianjin Manyun Software Technology Co., Ltd. will both reach new highs in the number of corporate users and carrier drivers. "We are not only witnessing the development and growth of the freight industry, but also seeing more and more upstream and downstream companies and platforms coming to the hot land of Tianjin's Dongjiang." Zhu Liang said.

Tianjin Huatu Automobile Logistics Co., Ltd., also located on the bank of Bohai Bay, is also developing rapidly. Shi Yunsheng, the company's general manager, who has just rushed back to Tianjin from Azerbaijan, will go to Uzbekistan and other places to expand business and negotiate cooperation.

In 2023, the company established an overseas warehouse for new energy vehicles in United Arab Emirates; in the first half of this year, the company has exported 940 new energy vehicles, involving an amount of approximately 140 million yuan. "In the future, we plan to further expand business cooperation in Central Asia and other directions and continue to look for opportunities to increase overseas positions. It is expected that exports will increase in the second half of this year." Shi Yunsheng said.

The cultivation and growth of industries cannot be separated from the guarantee of the policy environment. In order to create a "new growth pole" for used car export business, Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone has joined forces with various parties to build a full-process service mechanism for the business, launched innovative transportation models such as "used car export + bonded + China-Europe freight trains" and "automobile export trains" to improve logistics services. At the level of level, it also actively helps enterprises connect with banks, China Export Credit Insurance Corporation, Supply Chain Finance and other institutions to solve the financial problems faced by large-scale development of enterprises.

Nangang's 1.2 million tons/year ethylene project was delivered in the mid-term, the first phase of the technical transformation of China Shipbuilding (Tianjin)'s smart production line was completed, and two cross-border e-commerce distribution centers, Jingdong and Cainiao, were settled in Tianjin... As Tianjin accelerates the construction of Northern International Shipping In the core area, a new port economic circle with the sea and air ports as the center and the suitable port industries as the radius is slowly emerging.

"In the future, we will continue to promote the high-end upgrade of offshore engineering equipment and shipbuilding manufacturing, rely on leading enterprises and R & D institutions to promote the construction of innovative industrial clusters for national offshore engineering equipment, as well as bonded maintenance, cold chain, petrochemicals, hydrogen energy industries, automobile trade, etc. The industry innovates and develops, and continuously cultivates and strengthens the industrial system suitable for Hong Kong." Fan Zhiyong, director of the Belt and Road Construction Promotion Division of the Tianjin City Development and Reform Commission, said.

Develop open port business environment to "optimize escort"

How long does it take for a Malaysian pineapple to be released from the port to the supermarket shelves? The answer for the Dongjiang Comprehensive Reserve Zone is about 1.5 hours. "As one of the country's backbone cold chain logistics bases, Dongjiang relies on local port resources and location advantages to import fruits directly from the port to supermarkets, which not only saves logistics costs, but also allows consumers to taste fresher and more affordable delicacy." said Xiao Jian, chief of the International Trade Section of the Commerce Bureau of the Dongjiang Comprehensive Protected Zone.

In 2021, the "Regulations of Tianjin City on Promoting the Construction of an International Shipping Hub in the North" was promulgated and implemented, highlighting policy requirements in shipping services and other aspects and providing guarantees for the development of high-end shipping services. In recent years, focusing on the five key industries of shipping transactions, automobile logistics, financial leasing, cold chain logistics, and deep processing of frozen products, Tianjin has continued to make efforts around optimizing and improving the level of financial services.

Due to the special nature of design, construction and transportation of goods, large automobile ro-ro ships can easily cause serious economic losses in the event of accidents such as fire, collision, and grounding. Previously, many insurance companies did not dare to insure ships because they did not understand the risks and business characteristics of ships. In order to deal with this problem, the financial department of Tianjin City organized insurance institutions to visit enterprises to meet demand, and encouraged insurance institutions to develop relevant products and services around port responsibilities, logistics risks and other fields.

In December 2023, PICC P & Casualty Insurance Tianjin City Branch launched the first large-scale automobile ro-ro ship insurance business introduced in China, exclusively covering the ship's ocean ship insurance and ocean protection and indemnity insurance, providing 8 billion yuan for the ship. Risk protection.

The relevant person in charge of PICC P & Casualty Insurance Tianjin City Branch said that the ship has a total of 13 car-carrying decks and can carry 7000 standard passenger cars at a time. It has a large transportation volume and a low vehicle quality loss rate. Based on the risk characteristics, the company has designed a comprehensive insurance plan that meets the characteristics of the ship, providing customers with hull insurance and P & I risk protection, and effectively resolving customers 'operating risks.

"Today, China's automobile export market is developing rapidly and has become an important support for the stable scale and excellent structure of my country's foreign trade. R-ro transportation is the main logistics method for automobile exports. It provides shipping companies with matchmaking and helps automobile exports provide financial services such as insurance protection. It can effectively help my country's automobile companies develop global business and promote high-quality trade development." The relevant person in charge of the Operation Management Division 2 of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Financial Office introduced.

Li Hong, a first-level inspector of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Financial Office, said that the office has played the role of leader of the shipping finance working group and, together with relevant departments, issued and launched a series of policies such as the "Implementation Rules of Tianjin City to Encourage the Development of Shipping Finance (Trial)" to continuously consolidate the leading position of ship financing leasing, expand the scale of fund settlement, develop characteristic shipping insurance, strengthen the publicity of shipping financial derivatives cases, and establish service mechanisms, support port development, Coordinate work in innovative product application and research index standards to further improve the level of shipping financial services.

In 2024, Tianjin Shipping Finance ushered in a "good start". In the first five months of this year, Tianjin completed a total of 96 ship lease disposal businesses, a year-on-year increase of 35%; ship insurance premium income was 198 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.25%; freight insurance premium income was 235 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 73.88%.

Under the optimization and support of shipping services and shipping finance business, in 2023, Tianjin City will achieve a major breakthrough in its ability to gather shipping factors. Since 2023, Tianjin has increased its shipping capacity by 630,000 deadweight tons, driving a year-on-year increase in the city's waterway transportation turnover of 22.1% from January to May this year.

A total of 358 shipping-related enterprises have been introduced in shipping service clusters such as Xiaobailou Area, Ocean Building in Hebei District, and Yuxiang Area; the scale of ship leasing business in Tianjin Dongjiang Comprehensive Bonded Zone increased by 51.6% year-on-year, accounting for more than 90% of the country; 11 maritime legal service demonstration institutions have been established and a mobile arbitration tribunal has been established in the Tianjin International Trade and Shipping Service Center; the cruise home port is the first in the north to resume cruise ships, and this year it is expected to receive more than 400,000 inbound and outbound people..

From July 10 to 13, the 2024 China International Shipping Expo will be held in Tianjin. More than 400 shipping-related units from home and abroad will gather in Tianjin to discuss new prospects for the shipping industry.

"This conference invited large and medium-sized shipping companies, port companies, port and shipping equipment companies and other units, as well as port and shipping professional societies and associations, to participate. These leading enterprises and professional institutions will focus on displaying a large number of new products, new equipment, new technologies, and new services, which will better drive various factors such as port-friendly industries and high-end shipping services to gather in Tianjin, open up the upstream and downstream industrial chains, and provide strong impetus to the construction of the northern international shipping core area." said Wang Zhinan, director of the Tianjin City Transportation Commission. (Reporter Wu Liming, Shao Xiangyun, Liu Weizhen, Sister Liang)