A batch of containers loaded with SAIC Maxus new energy vehicles, departed from Wuxi West Railway Station Railway Yard by sea-rail intermodal train, arrived at Shanghai Luchaogang Container Center Station in the early morning of August 30, and then boarded the ocean-going freighter Changwang, which had berthed at Yangshan Port, and was about to go to the Americas. Yangshan Customs takes the initiative to dock with enterprises, container central stations and other units, make plans in advance, cooperate with enterprises to complete customs declaration of dangerous goods, and ensure that the goods are loaded and shipped as soon as possible after arriving at the port.
SAIC Maxus New Energy Vehicle packs at the railway yard of Wuxi West Railway Station in Jiangsu Province
The sea-rail intermodal train arrived at Shanghai Luchaogang Container Center Station
This marks that after the river-sea combined transport, Shanghai Port has opened a fast export channel for new energy vehicles with sea-rail combined transport.
According to Shanghai Customs statistics, in the first seven months of this year, Shanghai ports exported 1.022 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 54.8%, ranking first among all ports in the country. Among them, Haitong Terminal in Waigaoqiao Port Area has 2 to 3 car ro-ro wheels leaving the port almost every day, while Nangang Terminal in Lingang New Area is also striving to undertake the automotive ro-ro wheel business, and the export of new energy vehicles accounts for up to 80%. As the export of automobiles at Shanghai Port continues to soar, the capacity of ro-ro wheels is becoming increasingly tight, and the berths at the ro-ro wheel terminal and the parking spaces in the ro-ro wheels are in short supply, and domestic new energy vehicles are eager for new export transportation channels.
Haitong Terminal in Waigaoqiao Port Area has 2 to 3 car ro-ro wheels leaving the port almost every day
Nangang Terminal new energy vehicle export
Sea-rail intermodal transport is undoubtedly a new option, that is, the cargo is loaded in containers, transported by rail to the seaport, and then loaded to the ocean liner to go to sea. In fact, sea-rail intermodal transport has been widely used in a variety of goods, but new energy vehicles are more special. Yang Xin, deputy captain of the Lingang Coastal Patrol Law Enforcement Brigade of Yangshan Port Maritime Safety Bureau, told reporters that lithium batteries in new energy vehicles are dangerous in closed containers, according to the World Maritime Organization's International Maritime Dangerous Goods Rules, new energy vehicles in maritime transport belong to Class 9 dangerous goods, "Previously, there have been enterprises trying sea-rail combined transport to export new energy vehicles, but after the car arrives in Shanghai by rail, it must enter the special dangerous goods packing place in Shanghai Port for unpacking, and then re-packing and labeling in accordance with the shipping dangerous goods transportation standards. Only after the supervision and confirmation of the maritime department will issue an electronic document for packing, and the goods can enter the port. Secondary packing increases site operation and time costs, and even delays shipping schedules. ”
Can we reduce the tossing of enterprises and realize multimodal transportation "one box to the end"? Moving the dangerous goods supervision site forward to the railway departure yard, or the solution. Yang Xin introduced that starting from the pain points of enterprises, Shanghai Maritime Safety Bureau used remote packing services to guide the packing of dangerous goods by sea for these new energy vehicles in the railway yard of Wuxi West Railway Station, to ensure that the goods were packed in place in strict accordance with international standards, and timely issued electronic documents for packing, and opened up green channels to seamlessly dock the declaration of dangerous goods by sea after arriving at the seaport, thus realizing the "three advances" - the packing location of dangerous goods is advanced, the safety packing supervision service is advanced, and the time limit for declaration approval is advanced.
SAIC Maxus New Energy Vehicle packs at the railway yard of Wuxi West Railway Station in Jiangsu Province
Law enforcement personnel of the Shanghai Maritime Safety Bureau remotely guide the packing of new energy vehicles
The relevant person in charge of Shanghai Port Sea-Rail Intermodal Transport Co., Ltd., which specifically operated this single business, said that this batch of goods has a test nature, which is 3 containers and equipped with 6 new energy vehicles, according to preliminary estimates, it can save 15% of transportation costs and shorten the time by 50% compared with traditional processes. At present, the company is also expanding the sea-rail intermodal transport business of major exporters of new energy vehicles in Changzhou, Hefei, Zhejiang and other places, and the scale effect and cost advantages are expected to be further highlighted in the later stage. The Shanghai Maritime Safety Bureau also stated that wherever the export business of new energy vehicles of Shanghai Port Sea-Rail Intermodal Transport expands, relevant supervision and services will extend.
According to the reporter, compared with ro-ro wheels that can load thousands of cars for export at a time, container liner export cars still have advantages. Container liners are densely frequent, with many berths and routes, and faster ship speeds. In addition, the current container liner freight rate has fallen back to about one-eighth of the peak of the epidemic in 2020, taking the North American direction as an example, the freight rate per 40-foot container is now about $1,000. Therefore, sea-rail combined transport and river-sea combined transport are effective supplements to the main transportation mode of new energy vehicles.
Container liner freight rates have fallen
Source: Author: Li Ye