Along with the steady growth of the national economy and
foreign trade, China's harbor shipping industry maintained
a good development trend in 2005.Waterway freight transportation
grows steadily; the freight and passenger handling capacity
of large scale ports keeps a steady growth; the tension in
bulk cargo transportation has been eased; the handling capacity
of container still maintains a rapid growth; bulk cargo import
of coal, ore and crude oil still keeps a high quantity, but
the growth speed slows down. In 2005, the freight traffic
volume of water transportation reached 2.016 billion tons,
up by 15.9% compared to 1.87 billion tons of 2004, freight
turnover totaled 4639.7 billion ton-km in 2005, up 496.3 billion
ton-km by 19.6% compared to the year of 2004. This yr-on-yr
rate fell obviously compared to that of 2004.
China's freight traffic volume and
freight turnover of water transportation, Jan 2005-Jul 2006
Investment in China's water transportation is
still rocketing. According to statistics from Ministry of
Communications, in July 2006, fixed assets investment in inland
river construction and coastal construction had reached RMB
6.534 billion and RMB 30.8 billion respectively, up by 19.3%
and 27.1% respectively compared to June 2006, and up by 11.8%
and 38% separately over the same period of 2005.
Accumulative Fixed assets investment
in water transportation construction, Apr 2005-Jul 2006
Unit: RMB Million
According to the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, China's
port industry will focus on large port construction of coal,
petroleum, ore and container, and the construction of deepwater
channels; besides, it also tries to boost the form of Pearl
River delta port group centered in Hong Kong, Yangtze River
delta port group centered in Shanghai, and Bohai bay rim port
group (Dalian, Tianjin and Qingdao). In 2006, the 250,000-ton
crude oil transfer dock project, the biggest of its kind in
Ningbo Port, has been put into operation; the reconstruction
of Zhangjiazhou Nangang Channel of Yangtze River also is completed,
which means the bottleneck troubling the shipping between
East and Middle & West has been broken; the digital channel
construction in the Yangtze River also is undergoing, its
overall framework will be finished and put into trial operation
by stage during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010).
The above information indicates that, China’s harbor shipping
industry currently is a hot sector for investment, and has
a lot of business opportunities.
Based on review and analysis of China's harbor shipping industry
in 2005, this report undergoes a comprehensive and systematic
analysis of the industry's development environments, and makes
use of modern statistic and forecast tools to foresee its
development space in the future. Besides, it carries out an
in-depth research on investment opportunities and risks through
the analysis of key enterprises.
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