Why is Qingdao Port in Shandong Province among the top three in the Global Container Port Performance Index?

The World Bank and IHS Markit recently released the 2020 Global Container Ports Performance Index (CPPI). Qingdao, a port in Shandong province, stood out from 351 ports around the World, becoming the only port to be listed in the top three of the 20 million TEU container club in the World.

What is CPPI?

2020 global container port performance index (CPPI) is by the world bank traffic bureau and IHS global practice Markit maritime and trade company to jointly develop global container port performance index, the major stakeholders in the global economy (including country and area) to provide the reference, are comparable global container port performance index.As the first global container port performance index released by non-shipping industry in the world, CPPI has strong objectivity and provides a more pertinent evaluation for the development of the world shipping industry.

The World Bank is the largest global provider of transport development finance in all formats, having invested US $49 billion in 339 transport projects in 93 countries over the past decade, providing a wide range of annual reports and advisory services on a wide range of topics on transport and mobility.Headquartered in London, IHS Markit is a world leader in providing key information, analysis and solutions to the key industries and markets that drive the global economy.

By combining the monthly port attachment data of about 80% of the world's container fleet operators with IHS Markit maritime data resources, CPPI analyzes and scores the ports of the world based on 10 container volumes and 5 vessel size groups based on the length of single port call.Objectively and accurately assessing and standardising different ship sizes and container volumes per stop makes efficiency rankings comparable across the globe.The CPPI optimizes port operations to reduce delays, save costs and reduce carbon emissions, advises ports on improvements through macro data, and continuously optimizes marketing and analytics capabilities for the use and investment of ports and terminal assets.

Shandong port Qingdao port efficiency is how to become?

Efficiency is an important index to measure the competitiveness of container terminals.It is no accident that Qingdao Port was selected in the first three.Data show that the container throughput of Yokohama Port and King Abdullah Port ranked first in the world is 2.9 million TEU and 2.05 million TEU respectively in 2020, while the container throughput of Qingdao Port exceeded 21 million TEU in 2020. While ensuring the steady growth of container throughput, the loading and unloading efficiency still maintained a stable and high level of performance.Therefore, despite being among the top three in terms of efficiency, Qingdao Port, which is in the order of 20 million TEU, is clearly superior.

As the "universal interface" of "One Belt And One Road" land-sea connectivity, Shandong port has always enjoyed a high reputation for "highest efficiency, best service, safest operation and most reasonable price".Since the port integration reform in Shandong Province, Qingdao Port has built up an international logistics channel by relying on more than 200 interconnected routes and nearly 700 flights per month.By continuously building efficiency and service brand, optimizing and innovating operation process and technology, Qingdao Port strives to improve the scientific organization level of production, and encourages staff to practice their unique skills, thus making continuous achievements in container ship operations.In 2020, the berthing efficiency of ships with containers above 8000TEU at Qingdao Port will reach 150 natural boxes/hour;The average working efficiency of the fully automated pier bridge crane reaches 36.2 natural box/hour, and the highest reaches 47.6 natural box/hour.Repeately breaking records of ship efficiency of key shipping companies: on May 2, 2021, in the loading and unloading operation of "Maersk" of 2M Alliance Europe, the highest ship hour efficiency of the shipping line was achieved with 348 natural containers/hour;On May 3, the efficiency of the "Zhonghai Jinxing" vessel on the Mediterranean line of the Ocean Union reached 206.2 natural box per hour, setting a new record for the operational efficiency of the line...

Terminal management service level is an important support for efficient operation of Qingdao Port.Qingdao Port and shipping companies work together to create high-quality airlines, achieve customized services, fully fulfill the service standards of "four commitments and eight guarantees", and achieve the "double hundred" commitment of direct service rate and on-time rate of high-quality airlines in 2021.The transit guarantee service team and the "one-to-one" transit service specialist were set up to track the transit box dynamics in real time, and the docking of the transit box confirmed the transfer information 24 hours before the second ship berthed reached 100%.Create the brand of "perfect craft" to help the quick loading and unloading of heavy cargo and the guarantee of the whole ship schedule.

The collaborative support of port environmental stakeholders is a reliable boost to Qingdao Port's world-leading efficiency.Qingdao port in container liner berth efficiency, direct by rate and so on comprehensive performance of the core index as the productivity, strengthen and maritime safety administration, customs, frontier defense, pilotage, such as port department coordination, implementation and unberthing ships sailing, organization, operation cohesion and customs inspection formalities such as the whole process control, powerful boost the efficiency of container comprehensive ascension.National initiative unberthing "set of mooring hot" mode, make the container liner integrity and efficiency of navigation an obtain reliable support, since 2020, Qingdao port have organized 732 ships, shipping container liner low visibility 327.5 hour since April 2020 since the implementation of the "set of mooring hot" organization "set of mooring hot" 340 groups, saves the berthing time 439 hours,The operating cost of the ship was reduced by 22.8 million yuan.Qingdao Port has also worked with Maritime Safety Administration, Ocean and Fisheries Development Bureau, China Coast Guard, Port and Navigation Public Security Bureau and other departments to normalize joint maritime law enforcement and ensure the shipping order of Qingdao Port's main waterway.Qingdao Customs and Huangdao Customs continue to improve the customs clearance efficiency of import and export goods, and realize the realization of "direct pick-up alongside the ship" for import goods and "direct loading upon arrival" for export goods.Carry out the electronic rapid inspection and release of empty containers. The whole process of empty container inspection is informatization, electronic and paperless. Port clearance cooperation and real-time release become the "golden partner" of building an efficient fast port.On March 22, 2021, Qingdao Port Pilot Station launched the service of "advancing one nautical mile to ship's side". So far, it has served vessels for nearly 400 times, greatly reducing the connecting time between docking and departure.

The high quality and efficient efficiency has polished the "golden signboard" of the fast loading and unloading port, and won the public praise of the industry for Shandong port, attracting many shipping companies to open more routes.In 2020, the first full operation year after the establishment of Shandong port, the annual new routes of Qingdao port reach 20, including 14 foreign trade routes, the growth rate reaches the highest in history.Since 2021, Qingdao Port has opened 8 new foreign trade routes, which fully reflects the dividends released by the port integration reform, and gradually forms a transportation transit pattern with Qingdao Port as the hub port and other ports as the feeding port.

What is the way to upgrade the efficiency of container terminals?

Four-fifths of global trade in goods is carried out by sea.With COVID-19 spreading around the world, the critical role of ports in the global economy and an important node in the global logistics system has become more prominent.The World Bank and IHS Markit said in their index report that the 2021 CPPI will continue to be innovative and improve the quality of the data by improving the methodology, expanding the scope of its operations, and increasing the number of ports covered (to 500).

How to further break through the bottleneck and improve efficiency?Shandong port active docking service national strategy, established the "five international leading" development orientation led by the "international leading smart green port".As the only pilot unit of "Smart Port Construction", a national transportation power identified by the Ministry of Transport, Shandong Port completed the world's leading and Asia's first truly fully automated terminal in 2017, and realized commercial operation of the first-phase project of the fully automated container terminal in Qingdao Port, Shandong Port.On November 28, 2019, the second phase of the project was the world's first "hydrogen +5G" intelligent and green development mode, once again leading the global trend of the development of automated terminals.At present, the construction of the world's first intelligent air rail collection and distribution system is being accelerated, which will further improve the container collection and distribution capacity and efficiency of Qingdao Port after completion.At the same time, the traditional container terminal equipment is constantly upgraded, and the semi-automatic transformation technology of the traditional bridge crane is constantly promoted, which adds new impetus to the efficiency improvement.The paperless and electronic information is also popular in Qingdao Port, which "enables more data to travel and less errand for customers". Qingdao Port takes the lead in creating a new mode of "Intelligent Inspection Port" that integrates customs ports and ships and shores.

A good wind is just in time to set sail.We are looking forward to seeing how Qingdao Port of Shandong will perform in the CPPI Index in 2021!