(Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area) The first zero-carbon container route from Guangzhou to Hong Kong is put into operation

China News Service, Guangzhou, October 13 (Reporter Cai Minjie) The smart electric container ship "Guangzhou Electric Navigation 02" was fully loaded with furniture, daily necessities and other goods produced in Guangdong. On the 13th, it departed from the Nansha Phase III Terminal of Guangzhou Port to the Hong Kong International Container Terminal, marking the first zero-carbon container route from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.

This route opens up the logistics channel from Guangzhou Nansha to Hong Kong with a zero-emission, low-noise green water transport model. A single ship can reduce carbon emissions by more than 550 tons per year, and it is expected that a single ship can reduce carbon emissions by 19,000 tons throughout its life cycle.

It is understood that as the main carrier of the zero-carbon container route from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, the "Guangzhou Electric Navigation" series of ships are the first inland river container smart electric ships in South China. They innovatively adopt a box-type power supply "combined charging and replacement" energy replenishment mode, and solve the problem of electric ship endurance through battery hoisting and direct charging. A single ship can carry 240 standard containers, taking into account both transportation capacity and operation timeliness; the ship is equipped with a full-ship intelligent operation and maintenance platform to realize full-process digital management and control of energy consumption monitoring, equipment operation and maintenance, and ship-shore collaboration.

Xu Haibo, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation, pointed out that the operation of the Guangdong-Hong Kong zero-carbon route will explore a path for the construction of a green shipping corridor in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and will have positive significance in promoting the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the green shipping industry chain.

Wan Xinzhou, deputy director of the Guangzhou Port Authority, said that the opening of this zero-carbon route has turned the vision of "ships sailing on blue waves and enjoying the clean city" from a vision into a reality.

Wu Taiyun, deputy general manager of Guangzhou Port Group, said that the group will rely on the mature "shuttle bus" network to create a "shipping benchmark" for China Unicom in the Greater Bay Area, connecting the two major shipping hubs of Guangzhou Nansha and Hong Kong with zero-carbon routes; relying on the achievements of shore power, photovoltaics, and electrification of port equipment to create a green "ecological benchmark" for the entire chain.

Guangzhou Port "Shuttle Bus" is a water logistics brand created by Guangzhou Port Group. It has an inland river barge fleet with a transport capacity of over 10,000 TEUs and a total tonnage of over 140,000 tons. In the past 20 years of operation, it has opened more than 70 inland barge branch lines, and its services cover more than 20 cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhuhai, Wuzhou, and Guigang.