Port of Shanghai is called the Shanghai International Port (Group) Company, Limited (SIPG). SIPG was incorporated in the year 2003 and in 2006, it became a shareholding limited company with Shanghai’s municipal government, China International Terminals company limited and Shanghai Tongsheng Investment group corporation as its major shareholders. The minor shareholders include the Shanghai State – assets operation company and Shanghai Dasheng Assets company. SIPG is the sole operator of the public terminals in the Port.
SIPG is responsible for handling cargo which includes transporting domestic and international cargo by land and water. SIPG also does de-stuffing, maintaining, manufacturing and leasing containers. Apart from the above mentioned tasks SIPG also does the following:
• Managing information on warehousing
• Processing, distribution and port logistics
• Providing facilities for international passengers
• Piloting and towing vessels
• Forwarding freight
• Providing in-port services
• Leasing port equipment and facilities
• Building, managing and operating port and terminal facilities
There are 125 berths operated by SIPG in Port of Shanghai with a total quay length of about 20 kilometres. Out of 125 berths, 82 can accommodate vessels of 10,000 DWT and above. SIPG owns and operates public bulk, breakbulk, specialized roll-on/roll-off and cruise terminals within the port. A total of 293 thousand square meters of warehouses and over 4.7 million square meter of storage yards are operated by SIPG. With this, it also owns 5143 units of cargo-handling equipment.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE PORT:
The port occupies a very good geographical location with near ideal natural conditions. With a vast economically developed hinterland and ample inland distribution facilities and infrastructure helps the port to manage the cargo traffic efficiently and effectively. The Yangtze River Delta contains a collection of some of China’s most economically active cities.
The agricultural and industrial activities in the Jianghan plain and Sichuan basin forms a powerful base for long term sustainable growth of the port. The total import and export trade moving through the Port of Shanghai represents one-fourth of the value of China’s foreign trade.
PORT’S OPERATIONAL STRATEGY:
The Yangtze river strategy has helped to foster the port’s container market and also to strengthen its cargo consolidation network by increasing hinterland cargo sources and increasing exports. The SIPG promotes the upgrading of vessel size and standards in the port and also help in improving navigation and shipping capacity to create a regional cargo gathering network which covers the whole Yangtze river valley.
The Northeast Asia strategy of the port aimed at developing ship to ship transhipment operations which in turn helped the port to be established as an international shipping centre and also to rapidly
develop the SIPG. The main strategy being to establish an effective and economical barging system and also to integrate port operations. SIPG developed a cargo gathering public feeder network in the port for the Northeast Asian region and a seamless connection between Yangtze and coastal and international transhipment. The main theme for the strategy was “The Port of Shanghai – Your Best Choice.”
SIPG implemented an internationalization strategy to increase the port’s capacity for international operations and as well improve international trade management by forming a cross regional, multi-national network to serve domestic and international markets. Over thousand container ships leave the port each month with their cargo to the world’s major continents and markets. Container business is the major business of Port of Shanghai. Port of Shanghai handled more than 500 million tons of cargo which includes 29 million TEUs of containerized cargo in the year 2009.
There are three major container areas in the port. They are
• Wusongkou area – The Shanghai Container Terminals (SCT) company limited
• Waigaoqiao area – SIPG Zhendong Container Terminal branch
• Yangshan area – Shanghai Shengdong International Container Terminal Company Limited
SIPG is responsible for handling cargo which includes transporting domestic and international cargo by land and water. SIPG also does de-stuffing, maintaining, manufacturing and leasing containers. Apart from the above mentioned tasks SIPG also does the following:
• Managing information on warehousing
• Processing, distribution and port logistics
• Providing facilities for international passengers
• Piloting and towing vessels
• Forwarding freight
• Providing in-port services
• Leasing port equipment and facilities
• Building, managing and operating port and terminal facilities
There are 125 berths operated by SIPG in Port of Shanghai with a total quay length of about 20 kilometres. Out of 125 berths, 82 can accommodate vessels of 10,000 DWT and above. SIPG owns and operates public bulk, breakbulk, specialized roll-on/roll-off and cruise terminals within the port. A total of 293 thousand square meters of warehouses and over 4.7 million square meter of storage yards are operated by SIPG. With this, it also owns 5143 units of cargo-handling equipment.
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF THE PORT:
The port occupies a very good geographical location with near ideal natural conditions. With a vast economically developed hinterland and ample inland distribution facilities and infrastructure helps the port to manage the cargo traffic efficiently and effectively. The Yangtze River Delta contains a collection of some of China’s most economically active cities.
The agricultural and industrial activities in the Jianghan plain and Sichuan basin forms a powerful base for long term sustainable growth of the port. The total import and export trade moving through the Port of Shanghai represents one-fourth of the value of China’s foreign trade.
PORT’S OPERATIONAL STRATEGY:
The Yangtze river strategy has helped to foster the port’s container market and also to strengthen its cargo consolidation network by increasing hinterland cargo sources and increasing exports. The SIPG promotes the upgrading of vessel size and standards in the port and also help in improving navigation and shipping capacity to create a regional cargo gathering network which covers the whole Yangtze river valley.
The Northeast Asia strategy of the port aimed at developing ship to ship transhipment operations which in turn helped the port to be established as an international shipping centre and also to rapidly
SIPG implemented an internationalization strategy to increase the port’s capacity for international operations and as well improve international trade management by forming a cross regional, multi-national network to serve domestic and international markets. Over thousand container ships leave the port each month with their cargo to the world’s major continents and markets. Container business is the major business of Port of Shanghai. Port of Shanghai handled more than 500 million tons of cargo which includes 29 million TEUs of containerized cargo in the year 2009.
There are three major container areas in the port. They are
• Wusongkou area – The Shanghai Container Terminals (SCT) company limited
• Waigaoqiao area – SIPG Zhendong Container Terminal branch
• Yangshan area – Shanghai Shengdong International Container Terminal Company Limited
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