In 2023, the import and export container volume of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Combination Port" will increase by 47.8% year-on-year.
In 2023, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Combination Port" will successively open "Shenzhen Shekou Port-Zhanjiang Port" and "Shenzhen Shekou Port-Jiangmen High-tech Port" and other combined port lines, achieving full coverage of the 9 mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area and extending its radiation range. To the western Guangdong region, a total of 37 lines have been opened. In 2023, 316,000 TEUs of import and export containers were supervised through this model, a year-on-year increase of 47.8%.
It is reported that the Pearl River Delta region is home to many manufacturing companies. Due to factors such as the water depth of the Pearl River Delta water network and the height limit of bridges, large international cargo ships cannot sail directly into the Pearl River waterways. The goods must be transported to the Shenzhen port area by barge, and companies have to travel between the two places. Customs handles customs transfer procedures, and logistics and time costs increase accordingly.
Lin Haoyu, deputy director of the Port Supervision Office of Shenzhen Customs, introduced that by cooperating with other customs offices in Guangdong Province to share port codes, the customs clearance, inspection and supervision of goods in the combined port will be extended to the ports along the river, which will help manufacturing companies solve customs clearance difficulties in a timely manner and fully It has activated the warehousing, loading and unloading and other logistics resources of the ports along the river, and realized the "all-weather" waterway allocation of goods between the terminals in the Greater Bay Area, seamlessly connecting the river and sea logistics.
On December 30, 2023, a batch of export motorcycles completed the export procedures at Xintang Port in Guangzhou. After arriving at Shekou Port in Shenzhen by barge, they were shipped to Nigeria, Ghana and other countries via international freighters. "The combined port goods completed the customs clearance procedures at Guangzhou Xintang Port in a 'one-stop' manner, and then used barges to pull the goods to Shekou Port for direct transfer to ships for export. This not only saves logistics costs, but also greatly improves customs clearance efficiency." Guangzhou said Wang Yiling, customs supervisor of Haojin Motorcycle Co., Ltd.
In addition to foreign trade companies, ports, terminals, shipping companies, etc. can also benefit from convenience. "Under this model, the port can allocate resources more flexibly and greatly improve terminal space and container turnover efficiency." said the relevant person in charge of China Merchants Port (South China) Operations Center.
