Recently, the Ministry of Transport held a press conference, the relevant person in charge said, although the new crown pneumonia epidemic since the occurrence of the shipping industry development by a certain impact. The Ministry of Transport in the State Council logistics to ensure smooth work under the unified deployment of the leading group, efficient and coordinated to do a good job in the field of shipping epidemic prevention and control, to ensure smooth and safe production work, focusing on services to protect the supply chain of industry chain stability and smooth.
First, accurate and scientific prevention and control of the epidemic. Strictly implement the requirements of the latest version of the epidemic prevention and control guidelines for ports and their front-line personnel, enrich the strength of front-line operators such as pilots, strengthen the centralized residence and closed management of high-risk positions, and implement the relevant requirements after the end of closed operations. In order to effectively cope with the local epidemic impact, Shanghai Port and Ningbo Zhoushan Port arranged for front-line operators to be stationed in the port area in advance and took closed management measures to ensure that port production remained uninterrupted. Further strengthen the prevention and control of epidemic in navigable buildings, guide the operation units to improve emergency plans, establish a reserve team of front-line personnel, and ensure that important waterway nodes are not interrupted by the epidemic.
Second, strengthen the monitoring and scheduling of industry operations. Strengthen the monitoring and analysis of the operation of key port waterways, strictly prohibit unauthorized blocking of waterways, locks and shutdown of terminal operations, timely coordination and resolution of waterways, locks congestion and other issues, and actively respond to typhoons, special dry water and other adverse weather effects, to ensure smooth and orderly operation of port waterways. Strengthen the international container shipping market operation monitoring, guide the main liner companies to stabilize the capacity of China's export routes and container supply, do a good job in the main foreign trade container routes capacity protection.
Third, do a good job of key materials transport security. Strengthen the transport security of key materials such as grain, fertilizer, coal, LNG, etc., implement the 'four priority' measures for key material transport vessels, actively guide domestic and foreign trade bulk ships to serve domestic transport, promote the key material waterway transport market to maintain a stable, better service to ensure the safety of food and energy resources.
Fourth, efforts to optimize the service measures. Strengthen the care and concern for the port container truck drivers, crew members and other groups, coordinate the establishment of nucleic acid testing points in the port or near the port area, to provide convenience for the port drivers; in the water service area to do a good job of ship refueling, water and other basic services to protect. Strengthen the humanistic care and psychological guidance of the pilot and other high-risk positions in the port, and do a good job in logistics support.
With the joint efforts of all parties, China's port waterway operation is smooth and orderly. From January to October this year, China's waterway freight volume and cargo turnover increased by 4.8% and 5.5% respectively, and port cargo throughput and container throughput increased by 0.5% and 4% respectively. In particular, the Port of Shanghai continues to enhance the service capacity of the international shipping center, maintaining stable operation since the full production in July, the average daily container throughput in October reached 136,000 TEU, an increase of 4.8% over September. The comprehensive efficiency of China's ports has always ranked among the forefront of global ports, demonstrating the 'hard-core' power of ports, which has played an active role in promoting the stability of the supply chain of the industry chain and stabilizing the economy.