Liaoning Port Group Sees Double Growth in Cargo and Container Throughput in the First Seven Months
This year, in the face of a complex and challenging international environment and arduous development tasks, Liaoning Port has adhered to market-oriented, goal-oriented, and problem-oriented approaches, established dedicated task forces, used key task lists as a tool, strengthened benchmarking, implemented project-based, list-based, and responsibility-based management, conducted monthly adjustments, and focused on maintaining the “core business,” actively competing for the “competitive market,” and proactively exploring the “innovation market,” achieving逆势增长 in the port's core business.
From January to July, the port handled over 270 million tons of cargo, an increase of nearly 5%; container volume exceeded 6.8 million TEUs, an increase of over 4%. Among these, container, petrochemical, and grain cargo continued to show strong growth momentum. Coal and roll-on/roll-off cargo stabilized in July, while steel and metal ore cargo saw year-to-date volumes turn positive across the board. Notably, in July alone, cargo throughput exceeded 40.8 million tons, with an increase of over 22%; container volume exceeded 1 million TEUs, with an increase of 7%. The port's operational performance showed a positive trend, laying a solid foundation for the successful achievement of annual business targets.
Actively competing for the competitive market segment yields fruitful results in market expansion
Establishing a China Merchants Group crude oil transshipment team to build a high-quality end-to-end logistics transportation channel for refining and chemical enterprises, securing stable long-term storage base cargo volumes; establishing a port, shipping, and trade exchange platform to successfully secure new export steel billet cargo sources from steel enterprises, achieving breakthrough growth in cargo volumes; securing iron ore powder cargo sources and establishing a road transportation model for steel and ore, further solidifying the “Liaoxi Corridor.”
Proactively Expanding the Innovation Platform: Business Innovation Drives Growth
Establishing a million-ton-scale trade ore platform, collaborating with leading supply chain enterprises, and signing a “volume-price mutual guarantee” agreement to secure trade ore cargo volumes in advance; achieving a 94% increase in trade ore volumes from January to July; actively advancing the iron ore port-based bonded crushing project and continuously enhancing port-based processing service capabilities; Successfully secured the establishment of a major mining company's Northeast distribution center for trade ore at Liaoning Port; achieved the first international shipping vessel bonded green methanol port storage, loading, and bunkering operation in the Northeast region, marking the full connectivity of the Northeast Asia green ship fuel supply chain; Yingkou Container Terminal obtained approval for hazardous goods handling qualifications, injecting new momentum into Liaoning Port's domestic container transportation of new energy vehicles.
Seeking breakthroughs in adversity and innovating for development. The two-tier market development system of Liaoning Port will resolutely implement the work priorities of “lean operations, asset optimization, deepening reforms, and innovative development,” thoroughly understand and fully implement the strategic deployment and work requirements of the mid-year work conference of Liaoning Port Group, and closely follow the business strategy of “securing the core market, competing for the competitive market, and exploring the innovative market.” Continuously striving in areas such as optimizing the shipping route network, building transshipment channels, innovating value-added services, enhancing trade activity, strengthening collaborative partnerships, and extending the industrial chain and supply chain, the company will approach market development with enthusiasm and determination, continuously innovate in business areas, strive to improve service quality, stimulate the vitality of core businesses, and fully achieve all annual targets. This will drive the successful conclusion of the 14th Five-Year Plan and lay the groundwork for the 15th Five-Year Plan.