Bao Feiyang smiled: "The container throughput of Pujiang Port entered the world's top ten for the first time last year, reaching 3.06 million TEUs, which can reach one-fifth of that of Xincheng Port.

Li Xianguo's eyes flickered: "Your country's economic reform has achieved remarkable results, although the rate of economic growth has declined in the past two years, but with the deepening of reform, we are still optimistic about your country's economy to maintain high-speed growth." According to your country's economic development goals, the total economic volume will double in about ten years, and the corresponding import and export cargo volume will also double, considering the convenience of container transportation, the container throughput of Pujiang Port should have faster growth in the next ten years, and it may have the ability to exceed 10 million TEUs in ten years!"

Bao Feiyang glanced at Li Xianguo: "Mr. Li's analysis is a bit one-sided, linking the container throughput of the port to the economic growth rate may be effective in mature economies, but in the mainland, container ocean transportation can only be said to have just started, and the construction of Pujiang International Shipping Center has just started, so the growth rate of container transportation volume will only be faster than the economic growth rate." ”

Bao Feiyang said: " In 90 years, the container throughput of Pujiang Port was only 450,000 TEUs, and since then it has basically maintained an annual growth rate of more than 20 percent, reaching 930,000 TEUs in 93 years, doubling, reaching 1.97 million TEUs in 96 years, doubling again, reaching 3.06 million TEUs in 98 years, reaching 1.91 million TEUs in the first half of this year, and reaching 4 million TEUs throughout the year should have no problem, that is, doubling in almost four years, if it develops at this rate, by 2009, the container throughput of Pujiang Port should not exceed 10 million TEUs, but should exceed 20 million TEUs……”

Bao Feiyang smiled and said: "I think this estimate may be conservative, if we continue to increase the construction of Pujiang Port and build Pujiang Port into an international shipping center, then the growth rate may be faster, and it may reach about 25 million TEUs......"

"25 million TEUs?"

Li Xianguo couldn't help but be stunned, 25 million TEUs is equivalent to eight times the throughput of Pujiang Port last year, which has tripled in ten years, and doubled every 40 months on average!

Li Xianguo couldn't help but shake his head: "It is said that the head of the Bao district understands the economy, and I think the head of the Bao district should know the marginal efficiency in economics." The container transportation of Pujiang Port has developed almost from scratch, and the growth rate will naturally be very fast on the basis of hundreds of thousands of TEUs, and it will continue to grow at a rate of more than 20% per year, which is also a make-up lesson for the past, and it will not be so easy to maintain an annual growth rate of two or three million TEUs if it reaches more than 10 million TEUs!"

Bao Feiyang smiled, compared with Xincheng and Xingang, the current Pujiang Port is not an order of magnitude at all, only one-fifth of them. Xincheng and Xingang have maintained a growth rate of about one million TEUs every year, and the container throughput of Xincheng Port can reach more than 25 million TEUs in ten years, which will also be the last chance for Xincheng to win the world's largest port, and then Pujiang Port will surpass Xincheng Port and win the world's largest port, and quickly leave Xincheng Port behind.

As for Xingang, they are indeed most affected by the rise of mainland ports such as Pujiang Port, and their growth rate is even inferior to Xincheng Port, and soon from being on a par with Xincheng Port, to being thrown aside by Xincheng Port, and then surpassed by Pujiang Port, and then even surpassed by Shencheng Port, and then surpassed by Ningcheng Zhoushan Port...... Among the top ten ports in the world, seven belong to China, which means that not only Pujiang Port is developing rapidly, but also all ports in China are developing!

At that time, the container throughput of Pujiang Port will reach more than 30 million to 40 million TEUs, which is still completed when the proportion of international transshipment is less than 10%. In other words, there has been no major breakthrough in international transshipment of Shipujiang Port, and there are many reasons for this, one of the main reasons is that the construction standard of Yangshan Port is low, especially the cross-sea bridge, there is only a road, no railway, resulting in low transportation efficiency and high cost, which affects the linkage between the port and the city.

Because the construction standard of Yangshan Port is relatively low, Yangshan Port has never become the main port area of Pujiang Port, and Gaoqiao and Gaoqiao New Port still bear more than half of the container throughput. Therefore, Bao Feiyang also has to admit that the question raised by Li Xianguo is actually very fatal, and if the relationship between the deep-water port of the outlying island and the Gaoqiao port cannot be properly handled, then it will inevitably affect the efforts of Yangshan Port to develop into an international transshipment port.

The reason why the construction of Yangshan Port has not reached the height it should have reached is also very complex. On the one hand, Chunshan and Chundong New Districts hope to continue to dredge the Tianjiang waterway, deepen the waterway, and then expand the scale of the port area along the river. The advantage of this scheme is that the construction cost is controllable, and at the same time, the port construction and channel dredging can be carried out gradually, and the one-time investment is not large.

On the other hand, neighboring Ningcheng has better shipping lanes and port conditions, and they have been trying to get the port of Pujiang to put their transshipment business in Zhoushan port in Ningcheng, which is obviously unacceptable. Ningcheng could not replace Pujiang's position in international and domestic shipping.

In addition to Ningcheng Zhoushan Port, Xingang does not want Pujiang Port to completely replace its role, and Xincheng Port is also reluctant to see Pujiang Port develop international transshipment business.

Not only that, but the inland ports along the Tianjiang River, which are the main source of transshipment containers on the Pujiang River, also hope to join hands with the Pujiang Port to dredge the Tianjiang waterway. In this way, their goods are sent closer to the port area of Chunshan and Gaoqiao, and the coastal river port can also berth larger cargo ships.

The trade-offs of all parties, coupled with the huge investment in the construction of the deep-water port on the outlying islands, have caused the expansion plan of Pujiang Port to be delayed. After the final decision to build Yangshan Port, the main position of Yangshan Port was not established, and the insufficient investment of Yangshan Port could not completely replace Gaoqiao Port, which also caused the two major container transshipment ports to be too far apart, causing a lot of trouble. However, the construction of Yangshan Port was not enough, and it could not keep up with the rapid growth of container transportation demand, so in the end, it continued to build Gaoqiao New Port and dredge the Tianjiang waterway, which is equivalent to taking two roads at the same time. Although this approach is safe, it also makes Yangshan Port not play its due role, otherwise the development trend of Pujiang Port will be better.

"It seems that the mayor of Bao District is very optimistic about the development of Pujiang Port......"

Li Xianguo smiled, obviously not wanting to continue arguing with Bao Feiyang on this issue, especially in front of Yang Chenglin.

"The prospects of Pujiang Port are indeed very good, and Pujiang Port does need to expand the port area and improve the cargo handling capacity. ”

However, the deep-water port on the outlying islands seems to solve the problem of channel depth and allows Pujiang Port to have a natural channel with a water depth of 20 meters, but the outlying islands themselves also limit the space for port development. ”

Li Xianguo said: "Let's not talk about the difficulty of the outlying island port project, the impact on the hydrological environment, the outlying island should be connected to the land through the sea-crossing bridge, we will not discuss the difficulty of the cross-sea bridge project, the impact on the geological environment, the impact on the ecology of the Tianjiang River, nor will we discuss whether the traffic capacity of the cross-sea bridge will be affected by the weather, just the cost and efficiency of the passage will greatly increase the cost of cargo transportation through the outlying island port!"

"In addition, the deep-water port on the outlying islands restricts the development of the port industry. After all, the place on the outlying island is limited, and it is relatively tight just as a storage yard, and there is no room for the development of Lingang industrial ......"

Li Xianguo said: "So we are more optimistic about the plan of Gaoqiao New Port, Gaoqiao New Port and Gaoqiao Port are connected, which can be very convenient for the dispatch of goods, and also facilitate the transshipment of goods along the Tianjiang River, and a large number of hinterland, can also provide the development of the port industry, give full play to the port's role in driving the economy." ”

Li Xianguo said: "Mayor Yang, we are very optimistic about the development of Pujiang Port and are willing to invest in the construction of Gaoqiao New Port. We have good cooperation with shipping giants such as Maersk and CMA CGM, and we can persuade them to participate in the construction of Gaoqiao New Port, build Gaoqiao New Port into a container port with the world's advanced level, and develop into a world-class container hub port......"

Yang Chenglin couldn't help but move slightly, shipping giants participate in the construction of the port, which plays a huge role in the development of the port. After all, these shipping giants have a large number of ocean-going freighters and flights, and have the ability to formulate flights and routes. For Pujiang Port, if the shipping giants open a few more flights, it will not only improve the throughput of goods, but also attract more regional and mainline flights to berth at Pujiang Port, helping Pujiang Port become a hub port.

Bao Feiyang smiled: "Mr. Li seems to be very concerned about the construction of Pujiang Port? To a certain extent, Pujiang Port and Xincheng Port are in a competitive relationship......

Li Xianguo shook his head: "I am indeed very concerned about the construction of Pujiang Port, Mayor Bao should know that Tan Ma Xi has always been interested in the investment of the port, the rapid development and huge potential of Pujiang Port have long attracted us, and we have also determined the plan to invest in Gaoqiao New Port......"

Li Xianguo smiled and said: "Compared with the deep-water port plan of the outlying islands, we are more optimistic about Gaoqiao New Port. In order that our investment plan will not fail, we certainly hope that Pujiang City can continue to promote the construction of Gaoqiao New Port!"

Li Xianguo said: "As for the relationship between Pujiang Port and Xinchenggang, I think there are more opportunities for cooperation. Because Xincheng Port is a typical international transshipment port, while Pujiang Port is a typical hinterland port, everyone is more complementary than competitive. Xincheng Port also has rich experience in the construction and operation of the port, which is also helpful for the construction of Pujiang Port......"