Shanghai International Shipping Center
Shanghai “international shipping center” was established more than a year, continue to promote all aspects of supporting measures. June 18, a regular news conference at City Hall, deputy director of Shanghai Municipal Construction and Transportation Committee, said Shen Xiao-Su, the relevant measures have now achieved remarkable results, the next as the “three-three districts in Hong Kong,” the deepening linkage, Shanghai International shipping center, the basic framework has been basically formed.
Shipping center, “bright spots” in frequent Xiao Su Shen said that after more than a year, the Shanghai International Shipping Center has made positive progress. First, since the rapid increase in import and export trade, Shanghai rebound this year, the monthly throughput of the situation. Among them, the first five months of total container throughput of 11.42 million TEUs complete, up 18% and slightly over the same period of 2008 levels.
It is understood that four months before the cargo throughput of Shanghai Port accumulated 208 million tons, up 21%. According to the current development situation, the annual container throughput of Shanghai port may be slightly higher than the previous forecast of 25.5 million TEUs.
Meanwhile, in Shanghai’s foreign trade container shipping market, due to tight shipping capacity, effectively alleviate the excess capacity, freight rates have gradually rebounded. June 4, Shanghai Air China Shanghai Stock Exchange issued Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) reported 1502, representing growth of 35% in early levels, but by the RMB exchange rate, the debt crisis in Greece, the ship is still transported to the state of oversupply did not change and other factors, the shipping situation is still grim.
In addition, the first four months of this year, the Shanghai Airport passenger throughput of 20.73 million have been completed passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 1.16 million tons of cargo and mail throughput growth better than expected. East China Bureau of Civil Aviation forecasts, expected in 2010 Shanghai Airport passenger throughput and cargo throughput of approximately 72.9 million passengers and 3.28 million tons, will increase 27% and 10%.
Shipping services attention to personnel training Shen Xiao-Su said the next shipping center Shanghai will further set of transport system and shipping services system. Shipping services from the system, the key lies in building the talent market. Hung, deputy director of Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration Chong pointed out that “the crew of professionals supporting construction market” is in Shanghai to promote the implementation of the construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center is one important measure. Crew as the basis for the international shipping market important resources, the formation of the professional market for the development of modern shipping service industry, promoting the construction of Shanghai international shipping center is important.
It is reported that the arrangements under the Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration led a working group to promote the coordinated development of the crew of professionals to implement the market, supporting construction crew of professionals to carry out the market to promote the implementation of the program. Major initiatives and results achieved include: Building seafarers Assessment Centre, the Shanghai Association crew, crew services to strengthen market supervision, crew recruitment centers to be established.
In accordance with the International Labour Organization predicts “2006 Maritime Labour Convention” entered into force in 2011, according to the provisions of the Convention, the establishment of similar institutions crew recruitment centers is the responsibility of Contracting Governments to ensure that seafarers have access to efficient and standardized seafarer recruitment and placement system. Similarly, under the “employment promotion law,” the spirit of the people’s governments above the county level to establish and improve the public employment service system, the establishment of public employment service institutions to provide related services free of charge to workers. In this regard, Hong Chong said: “The construction of seafarers in the professional market matching process, the establishment of the crew is bound to move the recruitment center. At present, recruitment centers in accordance with the preparatory work is well under way to promote the gradual implementation of the program.”
In addition, to enhance the international hub port, Yangshan, Shanghai International Shipping Center is an important part. In May this year, the Shanghai Waigaoqiao formally (12.99, -0.01, -0.08%) and Yangshan port project Port of the linkage operation. Shen Xiao-Su said the comprehensive Free Trade Zone in Pudong International Airport (1) confirmed by the state, the municipal government issued a “comprehensive Free Trade Zone of Shanghai Pudong Airport management approach”, which means July 1 will be officially implemented.
It is learned that comprehensive Free Trade Zone Pudong airport put into use, marking more than 100 kilometers in the Shanghai gold coastline, the Yangshan port, Waigaoqiao Port, Airport and Pudong Airport, Yangshan Bonded Harbor Area, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Pudong Airport Bonded such as “three and Hong Kong area” will become a true linkage.
