The country's first "anchorage direct pick-up" business for imported crude oil is launched on Sanmen Island in Guangzhou Port

China News Service, Guangzhou, November 11 (Xu Qingqing and Zeng Wangtian) The super-large oil tanker "HARBOUR SPLENDOR" docked at the Sanmen Island anchorage in Guangzhou Port on the 10th. Under the supervision and supervision of Huangpu Customs' "anchorage direct lift", the ship successfully completed the "anchorage direct lift" operation of 30,000 tons of imported crude oil, and then transferred to the port and sailed to Huizhou.

It is reported that this operation is the first "anchorage direct lift" business for imported crude oil in the country. It is also the first time in 15 years that Guangzhou Port has restarted the anchorage crude oil import business, providing a new maritime channel for international crude oil to enter the refining base in South China.

It is understood that the current international crude oil shipping freight has skyrocketed, and companies generally choose very large oil tankers for ocean transportation to dilute unit transportation costs. Some cargo owners' own terminals are limited by the water depth conditions of the inbound channel where they are located, making it difficult to berth directly and require lighter loads at sea in advance.

"This "Magnificent Harbor" ship carries about 270,000 tons of crude oil and has a deep draft. The water depth conditions of the Sanmen Island anchorage in Guangzhou Port are excellent. It is close to large refining and chemical bases such as Guangzhou and Huizhou. It is an ideal offshore transfer operation platform." said Zhang Ming, deputy general manager of the Guangzhou Port Petrochemical Port Branch.

Huangpu Customs, as the customs in charge of the Sanmen Island anchorage, has launched a "direct pick-up and direct loading at the anchorage" supervision model in recent years. Customs supervision has moved from "shore" to "at sea", and international oil tankers can directly complete inspection, release and lightering at the offshore anchorage.

In order to ensure the safety and smoothness of this operation, Huangpu Laogang Customs, a subsidiary of Huangpu Customs, has coordinated ship stowage and operation plans in advance, formulated a safety supervision and customs clearance operation plan covering the entire chain of tax declaration, inspection and quarantine, sampling and inspection, supervision and release, and established a professional team to station in the operation area near the anchorage in advance to ensure "ship inspection upon arrival."

In the supervision process, the customs implements "one boarding, one release" and adopts the "release first, inspection later" model. Sampling inspection and cargo removal are carried out in parallel. Enterprises can carry out transshipment operations without waiting for laboratory test results. During this period, we relied on the anchorage smart supervision platform to minimize the impact on on-site operations.

"After the crude oil is directly lifted at the Sanmen Island anchorage, the tanker's draft is simultaneously reduced, which can meet the conditions for subsequent berthing operations, and the overall shipping schedule can be saved by 2-3 days. We have calculated that through this direct offshore transfer solution, a single ship can save tens of millions of yuan in transportation costs." said He Yongzhao, business manager of the Guangzhou Branch of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation.

According to statistics, from January to October this year, Huangpu Customs used the "anchorage direct pickup and direct loading" model to supervise the import and export of more than 8.8 million tons of bulk commodities and 37 batches of ships and marine engineering equipment. The total value of the goods exceeded 17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%.

Guo Qing, director of the Huangpu Laogang Customs Ship Supervision Office, said that in the next step, the customs will make good use of the favorable opportunities of the regular opening of the Lantau and Sanmen Island anchorages to continue to optimize supervision services and release the potential of anchorage operations. (over)