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China Harbor Shipping Industry Report, 2006

Published: Nov/2006

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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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