Pinglu Canal's cargo volume exceeds one million tons, "channel economy" spawns "industrial economy"

China News Service, Nanning, October 20 (Reporters Huang Yanmei and Yang Chen) Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Beibu Gulf Port Group") introduced on the 19th that since the Pinglu Canal was opened to navigation on September 16 this year, the cumulative cargo volume has exceeded 1 million tons.

As the backbone project of the New Land-Sea Corridor in Western China, the Pinglu Canal is the first river-to-sea canal constructed at the national level since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is 134.2 kilometers long and connects the Xijiang shipping trunk line and the Beibu Gulf.

On October 19, tourists visited the Pinglu Canal Horse Trail Hub. Photo by Chen Guanyan

According to reports, as an important hub on the river side of the Pinglu Canal, Nanning Port, a subsidiary of Beigang Xijiang Port, completed a cargo throughput of more than 668,000 tons in September this year, setting a record high in single-month throughput since the port was established. During the China National Day holiday, the day and night cargo throughput of river ships at Qinzhou Terminal reached a maximum of 67,800 tons in a single day, setting a new high since the opening of navigation. Beigang Logistics successfully opened the first Vietnamese foreign trade container route on the Pinglu Canal.

The Beibu Gulf Port Group is actively promoting the construction of river-sea combined transport berths adapted to the Pinglu Canal. It has completed the adaptive transformation of 13 berths on the sea side, adding about 32 million tons of river-sea combined transport throughput; reconstruction projects such as the Liujing Transfer Station in the Liujing Port Area of ​​Nanning Port have been completed; and No. 7 to 10 South Berths of the Beimu Operation Area of ​​Beihai Tieshan Port on the seaside have been completed and put into operation.

Since the opening of the Pinglu Canal, the dividends of the canal are being transmitted from the shipping link to industrial chains such as manufacturing and trade. The transformation of "channel economy" into an "industrial economy" has accelerated, pushing Guangxi from the end of inland rivers to a river-sea intermodal transport hub connecting southwest China and ASEAN.

Pinglu Canal has become the "new favorite" of Guangxi's cultural tourism market with its unique charm of "engineering wonders + river and sea scenery + new cultural tourism formats". Taiwanese young director Qiu Qingling called it "so shocking and so proud" after visiting the Pinglu Canal Horse Road Junction on the 19th. He recommended Taiwanese compatriots to visit this major project and immerse themselves in the charm of the Pinglu Canal.

It is reported that since its opening to navigation, as of October 18, the Pinglu Canal passenger route has made more than 320 flights and received more than 39,000 tourists. (over)