On the last day of the forum, the previous voices basically disappeared, and all walks of life expressed their support for the construction of Gaoqiao New Port and the dredging project of the Tianjiang Waterway.

Pujiang Port Group also signed a letter of intent with Xincheng Port Group and Tan Ma Xi, and the parties will cooperate in the construction of Gaoqiao New Port, and carry out research and cooperation on the Hengsha Deep-water Port plan.

"This letter of intent is not binding, but it blocks the possibility of other plans being launched...... "After the forum, Xu Minyi, the deputy head of the district, complained to Bao Feiyang in private.

"If this cooperation is reached, Tan Ma Xi will be able to invest in Pujiang Port Group, and Xingang Group will also obtain the right to build and operate the terminal in Gaoqiao New Port Area, which will be very fruitful!" Xu Minyi said.

"As for Hengsha New Port, I am afraid that it will not be able to start a real ...... within ten years"

Bao Feiyang nodded, Xincheng people are very shrewd, investing in Pujiang Port Group and Gaoqiao New Port Area is a sure deal, the development potential of Pujiang Port is huge, and with this investment, Xingang Group not only obtained the right to operate the berth in Gaoqiao New Port Area, but also got the opportunity to intervene in the operation and decision-making of Pugang Group, of course, more importantly, slowed down the construction progress of Pujiang Deepwater Port.

"What's going on with the professors of Ocean University?" Bao Feiyang did not have any say in the forum hosted by Pugang Group, but he did not give up, but contacted Zhu Qiming, an academician of the Academy of Engineering of Pujiang Ocean University, to give a special lecture at the Huixun University Town Construction Forum.

Zhu Qiming is also a supporter of the outlying island deep-water port plan, and in another time and space, Zhu Qiming is the chief designer of the Yangshan deep-water port.

Zhu Qiming's view is similar to that of Bao Feiyang, who believes that Pujiang Port should not only be a hinterland port, but also should take advantage of the advantages of cargo throughput to intervene in the international transit business, only in this way can Pujiang become an international shipping center, otherwise even if it achieves the world's first throughput, it is only the world's largest port, not an international shipping center.

In this forum, Zhu Qiming did not have much opportunity to speak, Zhu Qiming, as an academician of the Academy of Engineering, has a great influence in the industry, Pugang Group has communicated with Zhu Qiming many times, hoping that Zhu Qiming can support the plan of Gaoqiao Xingang and Hengsha artificial island.

Zhu Qiming is also more optimistic about the Hengsha artificial island plan, purely from the river-sea combined transport and port, the Hengsha artificial island plan still has advantages compared with the outlying island deep-water port plan, but the construction period of the Hengsha artificial island plan is too long, and the ecological impact is uncertain, so Zhu Qiming is more inclined to the scheme of Gaoqiao New Port + Yangshan Deepwater Port + Hengsha Artificial Island.

"It's not a good thing to talk about Ma Xi and Xincheng Port Group's involvement in the construction of Pujiang Port......," Bao Feiyang said in a private exchange with Zhu Qiming.

"There is competition between Xincheng Port and Pujiang Port, just like the competition between Xincheng Port and Xingang......"

Bao Feiyang said: "In the past, there was a new port, which has been pressing Xincheng, and in the future, with the addition of a Pujiang port, the impact of Xincheng Port on freight routes in the direction of East Asia and Northeast Asia will be greatly reduced." ”

Zhu Qiming nodded and said: "Yes, taking the route from the Americas to Asia as an example, now many American routes will take Xincheng Port as the final port of arrival, once the goods to Pujiang Port account for a certain proportion, and the flights from Pujiang Port to Southeast Asia reach a certain number, then the American flights can choose Pujiang Port as the final port of arrival, and choose to hand over the goods from Southeast Asia to the flights in Southeast Asia!"

Zhu Qiming said: "Of course, now Pujiang Port is not even a hub port, only four million TEU a year, if Pujiang Port has a volume of 20 million TEU a year, all trunk flights will berth in Pujiang, and even Pujiang Port as the starting port, the end of the port, the shipping company can take Pujiang Port as the hub port, the eastern coast, the north, and even the ports of Japan and South Korea as a feeding port, then Pujiang Port can become the transshipment center of the entire Northeast Asia, and affect the entire Asia, Europe, the United States and Asia routes." ”

Zhu Qiming devoted himself to the study of international shipping, and when it came to the construction of Pujiang International Shipping Center, Zhu Qiming had an endless momentum.

"China wants to build an international shipping center, the location of Pujiang is the most suitable, first, Pujiang Port has the golden waterway of Tianjiang, the hinterland has great potential; second, Pujiang is located in the middle, can radiate the entire east, and even the port of the north, and can also radiate the ports of South Korea and Japan in Northeast Asia, in contrast, although Xingang and Shencheng also have a strong economic hinterland, but it is located in the south, unable to radiate the northern region, Xingang can be used as an important transshipment port, the hub port of the intersection of the pivotal line, and Pujiang Port can become the port of departure, Final arrival and first port of call ......"

Zhu Qiming said: "Pujiang Port as the first port, the corresponding flights can call at Xingang, and then they can go to the Middle East and Europe with full loads, and there is no need to load in Xincheng Port, so the rise of Pujiang Port and the combination of Xingang will pose a certain threat to Xinchenggang." ”

"Of course, the geographical location of the new city port is relatively special, and the position of the new city port is irreplaceable until the other Malacca ports are not emerging. However, as long as we build an international shipping center and grasp the shipping voice in Northeast Asia, then Xincheng Port will not be irreplaceable!"

Bao Feiyang nodded, Zhu Qiming has studied international shipping, especially China's international trade and shipping very thoroughly. The location of the new city is indeed unique, but the new city is not the world's largest port, has been succumbing to the new port, the new port in the financial, free port policy and shipping service industry and other aspects are not worse than the new city, relying on the logistics of the mainland, the new port in the container throughput has always been over the new city port.

Compared with the new port, Pujiang Port is closer to Northeast Asia, you can open a near-sea route to Japan and South Korea, Japan, South Korea and the north of the goods in Pujiang Port transit, or the first flight to Pujiang Port, are very economical and efficient, relying on Pujiang Port and Xingang, Northeast Asia flights can be fully loaded, the necessity of berthing at Xincheng Port for transshipment will decrease, Xincheng Port in the international route position will not be so irreplaceable.

In the future, the Malacca region, especially the ports of Malaysia, will emerge, and some flights and routes will be able to choose to call at the ports of Malaysia for replenishment, rather than the new city port. Compared with the ports of Pujiang Port and Malaysia, the loading and unloading costs and price level of Xincheng Port are still high.

Pujiang to build an international shipping center, it is necessary to increase the right to speak in international shipping, and to achieve this purpose, first of all, to increase the right to speak in the international trade of goods in the mainland, and then to increase the right to speak in Northeast Asia, when Pujiang Port has a large number of cargo throughput, but also has a large number of international routes and flights, Pujiang Port can naturally become an international shipping center.

If Pujiang wants to fight for the right to speak in international shipping, it is bound to affect the existing international shipping pattern, and the hub ports of Northeast Asia, Kaohsiung, Busan, and even Xingang will be affected, and once Pujiang has the right to speak in Northeast Asia, it will also have an impact on Xincheng Port.

Zhu Qiming said: "I talked to the leaders of Pugang Group about the relationship between the construction of Pujiang International Shipping Center and the development of international transit business in Pujiang City, if Pujiang City only relies on the logistics of the hinterland, it may not be able to become the world's top three ports, but Pujiang City to become an international shipping center, only rely on cargo throughput is not enough!"

"Now we are more recognized as the international shipping center there are only five, London, New York, New Town, New Port and Rotterdam, Rotterdam is the transit port in Northwest Europe, New York and London used to be the center of the world, and now it is still the world's financial center, New Port is an international transit port in East Asia, about 80% of the throughput of the new city is transit logistics, except for New York, no international shipping center is supported by hinterland logistics......"

"This point of view, in fact, everyone agrees, so in the past two years, the construction of Pujiang deep-water port, the development of international shipping transit business views have gradually become the mainstream, and the simple Pujiang port as a hinterland port construction plan has been gradually eliminated, even if this time Pugang Group wants to build Gaoqiao New Port, it is also out of the Hengsha plan!"

Bao Feiyang nodded: "I have seen the Hengsha plan, I don't know much about it technically, but if the Hengsha plan is feasible, it can take into account the advantages of river-sea intermodal transport and hinterland port and estuary port." But I'm more worried about the impact on the ecology and the construction cycle. ”

Zhu Qiming said: "Yes, the Hengsha plan is a combination of the advantages of the Tianjiang plan and the outlying island plan, from the geographical conditions and shipping needs of Pujiang City, it can be called a more perfect plan, but the construction scale of the Hengsha plan is too large, the cycle is too long, the difficulty is too great, and the construction of the international shipping center is not waiting, the Hengsha plan can take shape after at least ten years, which means that there is no deep-water port in Pujiang City in ten years, and Pujiang Port can only be used as a feeding port in these ten years, and the containers will be sent to Busan, Kaohsiung and Xingang by small boats for transit……”

"In the next 10 years, perhaps the fastest economic development in China, if we miss this east wind, who knows what will happen in the future? You know, others will not wait for us, Ningcheng in the south has long been eyeing us, there is no deep-water port in Pujiang, even if Ningcheng is a little bit worse, but Ningcheng has a deep-water port, who can say that Ningcheng cannot become a shipping hub in the Tianjiang Estuary? Once Ningcheng becomes bigger, is it necessary for Pujiang to invest heavily in the construction of Hengsha deep-water port?"

Zhu Qiming said with some sadness: "Even if Pujiang has the confidence to suppress Ningcheng Port, ten years is enough to make Pusan a shipping hub and center in the north of Northeast Asia, and it is enough to make Kaohsiung Port a shipping hub and center in East Asia.