An in-depth interpretation of the domino effect of "China's first new energy ship" landing in Hunan

The 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ship "Xiang 27" sailed in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

"My way to the south was originally a vein of Lianxi; "The River of No Return" is nothing more than the aftermath of the water. "

This sentence, which shows the domineering of Huxiang children, not only becomes the door chain of Yuelu Academy, but also becomes a vivid footnote for the innovation of Hunan wading industry.

On August 27th, the "China's first super capacitor new energy passenger ferry" built by Yiyang Zhonghai Shipping Company, a subsidiary of Yaguang Technology Group, was launched for trial.

Two days later, the local state-owned enterprise Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hunan Ocean Shipping") arrived at Shanghai Yangshan Port from Chenglingji Port in Yueyang. The official platform of Yangshan Port issued a document saying that this is "the second domestic 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ship on a specific route".

The first ship of the same type also came from Hunan Ocean Shipping. The new energy ship "Made in Hunan" has become a hot word for a time.

Where is the new energy ship "new"

Its remarkable feature is firstly environmental protection. A ship can save about 500 tons of fuel every year, which fully meets the requirements of the country to advocate green ecological water transport. Secondly, charging is fast and convenient, and tourists can complete the charging life with a short stay time when boarding and disembarking. Third, the service life is long and durable. The ship is equipped with two sets of electric double-layer capacitors, with a total energy storage of 625 kWh, and the number of charge and discharge cycles is not less than 200,000. Fourth, its hull has better turning performance. This 65-meter-long passenger ferry is equipped with two sets of full-rotary rudder oars, which can realize 360-degree arbitrary infinite rotation and is flexible and practical.

The above-mentioned supercapacitor new energy passenger ferry project took nearly one and a half years from research and development to launching. Yaguang Technology Group has many construction links, and the design and research are mainly undertaken by China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation Research Institute.

The cost of building such a passenger ship is not expensive. Pang Mu revealed that the cost needs 50 million to 60 million yuan. At present, this is more like an experiment at the national level. The application of new energy and new technology in ships is still a process of gradual improvement.

"Made in Hunan" supercapacitor new energy passenger ferry was successfully launched.

Hunan ocean container routes set a number of firsts.

What Hunan Ocean Shipping has refreshed the industry's cognition is its sixth-generation masterpiece-two new power container ships of 10,000-ton class, namely the container ship "Xiang 27" launched at the end of August this year and the sister ship "Xiang 26" put into use in February last year.

As soon as "Xiang 26" came out, it set a number of firsts: the first construction of a 10,000-ton container ship in Hunan Province, the first river-sea direct container ship in Hunan Province, the first application of domestic dual-fuel power plant to new large container ships, and the first application of domestic container guide rails to inland ships.

The so-called dual-fuel power means using diesel and liquid natural gas (LNG for short). Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. is equipped with two dual-fuel engines on the container ship as the main power, and the replacement rate of LNG is over 75% through technical means. In this way, the ship not only reduces pollution, but also reduces the loading and unloading time. Compared with the same type of pure diesel vehicle, the comprehensive carbon emission is reduced by more than 15% and the fuel cost is reduced by more than 20%.

Like Xiang 26, Xiang 27 has a total length of 1 18.9 meters, a designed draft of 6 meters, a container capacity of 653 TEUs and a deadweight of 10289 tons.

What is the concept of 653 TEU? According to international practice, a 20-foot-long container is a standard container, and the maximum 1 TEU can carry more than 20 tons of goods. Taking the maximum weight limit of expressway as an example, a 10,000-ton container ship is equivalent to the traffic volume of more than 200 largest trucks, with heavy load and safety. At the same time, the hourly mileage freight rate is reduced by 10 times or more.

Different from "Xiang 26", the equipment quality, safety and environmental protection performance of "Xiang 27" have been improved, and the facilities and equipment such as kitchen, dining room and living area on board are more perfect. It is particularly worth mentioning that both rounds have added an "artifact"-guide rail frame.

Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. took the lead in applying the guide rail frame to inland ships.

Hunan has built a 10,000-ton container ship "Xiang 27".

Win-win cooperation among shipping enterprises

Another positive signal is that inland water transport enterprises actively respond to the national strategy while seeking their own survival and development in the face of market competition, and contribute wisdom and strength to promoting the goal of "double carbon". Once new energy and new technologies are popularized, more and more enterprises will consciously join the camp of "zero emission" and "zero pollution".

Hunan Jinhang Ship Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jinhang Ship"), which built a 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ship, spared no expense to build a brand-new berth and install a gantry crane with a safe load of 150 tons in order to carry out the construction smoothly, in full accordance with the technical requirements of the classification society (ship inspection agency). In the end, the construction quality of the two new ships became the benchmark of the peers.

Pragmatic, low quotation and very active in the field of container ships-these factors make Jinhang Ship win among many bidders. Facts have proved that this choice has become a win-win situation:

Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. saves capital cost and time cost, and optimizes resources to the greatest extent, including the company sending personnel to participate in design and supervision. , the construction process is high quality and efficient; Golden Ship, through this order, pushed itself to complete the overall upgrade after a challenge. Since then, it has become famous in the field of large container ship manufacturing, and its brand and reputation have risen.

Jinhang Ship is located in Yuanjiang Shipping Industrial Park, surrounded by water on three sides, and separated from Yiyang Zhonghai Shipping Company, the builder of the super capacitor passenger ferry.

After the two local shipping companies became famous, it also had a rare positive impact on the foreign economic cooperation of Yuanjiang Characteristic Industrial Park and Yiyang City. After the successful launch of "Xiangshui 26", Yuanjiang City officially commented: "The successful maiden voyage of this ship is a milestone for the shipbuilding industry in our city, marking that our ship products have gone out of Huxiang and Tongjiang and headed for the sea".

The 10,000-ton container ship "Xiang 27" made its maiden voyage.

Yuanjiang and Chenglingji: What is needed is the industrial agglomeration effect.

In an interrelated system, a small initial energy may produce a series of chain reactions, which is called "domino effect". The emergence of new energy passenger ferries and 10,000-ton container ships is causing this effect in Hunan.

After more than eight months' operation, "Hunan Water Transport 26" has completed 13 round-trip voyages, with a ship profit rate of 79%, and the sailing time has been shortened from the expected 2 1 day to 18.6 days. Water transport is attracting more industries to join.

Because it can load refrigerated containers and transport dangerous goods, the transportation capacity of fireworks and fresh agricultural products in Hunan will increase by 1 10,000 tons. The increase in cargo carrying capacity and throughput will directly promote other industries to "exchange guns for guns" or "icing on the cake".

The appearance of 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ships has directly led to a "chain reaction" in so many fields and industries, which many people did not expect.

Two 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ships have been put into operation, and one place is also very happy, that is Chenglingji Port in Yueyang City.

Chenglingji Port is one of the "eight deep-water ports in the Yangtze River" and the only national first-class port in Hunan, but compared with some large domestic ports, there is still much room for improvement.

On August 20th, the national port throughput data from June to July released by the Ministry of Transport showed that Shanghai ranked first in container throughput with 26.64 million TEUs, and Quanzhou ranked last in the "Top 25 China" list with container throughput of110.00 million TEUs.

From June 5438+0 to July, the container throughput of Chenglingji Port was 362,000 TEUs, which was less than one third of that of Quanzhou, but it was much higher than last year-up 46% year-on-year, ranking among the ports in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Environmental protection upgrading and reconstruction project of Chenglingji old port invested and constructed by Port Group under Xiangshui Group.

Looking at a city's foreign trade level and economic activity depends on its ports and docks; The strength of a port depends on how many container ships it can accommodate and how much cargo throughput it has.

Two 10,000-ton container ships carried by Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. have given more support to Chenglingji Port. As a state-owned enterprise that has been operating for 30 years, Hunan Ocean Shipping Container Transportation Company currently has more than 20 container ships with a tonnage of over 1,000 tons, and its annual container weight exceeds 65,438+10,000 TEUs, accounting for 45% of the whole province's market share. It is the largest and most influential inland shipping and integrated logistics enterprise in Hunan Province.

After the upgrading of container ships, Hunan ocean container routes will add 46,000 TEUs every year, which is a big step in the history of Hunan water transport logistics.

However, even the big brother shipping enterprises like Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. are currently plagued by a problem, that is, insufficient supply. The company has been investigating and demonstrating whether to spend 70 million to 80 million yuan to build two large ships before launching the 10,000-ton container ship. Because even if the capacity is sufficient, the shortage of cargo space still happens from time to time.

Therefore, Yueyang has been using subsidies to "encourage" Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. and other enterprises to maintain good routes, enhance container carrying capacity and enhance the logistics agglomeration effect of Chenglingji Port in recent years.

Quiet water bus.

Hunan's independent construction of a 10,000-ton new energy ship has not only brought more positive effects, but also highlighted some problems that need to be solved urgently.

The rise of expressways and high-speed railways has brought unprecedented impact to water transport. In many cities and States, the inland waterway is getting narrower and narrower, the navigation depth is limited, there are many obstacles along the way, and some of them are often cut off seasonally.

In addition to the direct route between the river and the sea, there are many "water-saving shuttle bus" routes from Yueyang to Changsha, Changde and Hengyang, which are still in operation. Even if the number of these lines is small, its operation and maintenance seems to be stretched. In the case of insufficient supply and low loading rate, there is almost no profit or even loss.

Because of this, those who ran "water bus" with Hunan Ocean Shipping Container Liner Company have long since disappeared. At present, only one state-owned enterprise operates in this field, Hunan Ocean Container Transportation Company. The once bustling "water bus" and its round-trip port once became quiet.

Hunan is rich in water resources, but the dry season is long, and the seasonal suspension affects the transportation and replenishment.

One of the reasons for the shortage of container ships is that some inland rivers can't meet the corresponding grade standards.

"Road conditions" such as crossing Huangmaozhou Bridge can be found everywhere in more than 80 counties and cities in He Lin. This is also the reason why the recently published "One River, One Lake and Four Waters" Water Transport Development Plan of Hunan Province emphasizes the integration of the number of ports in the province and the establishment of a "wide extension" port system.

In addition, Hunan is a big agricultural province, and every county (city) has considerable agricultural products, but almost all of them have encountered the problem of "not going out". Because it is difficult to keep agricultural products fresh, some agricultural enterprises choose land with higher transportation cost, which is the second reason for insufficient supply. For example, Hunan Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd. carries two kinds of export agricultural products for a long time, one is Shantou and the other is canned oranges, both of which are relatively resistant to storage.

Moreover, although Hunan is rich in water resources, "water can't stay", long dry season and seasonal influence are also factors leading to insufficient supply.

Of course, no profit or too little profit is the most important reason. Limited by immediate interests, some private shipping companies can't maintain line operation for a long time, with low profits and high costs, and there will be a phenomenon of "running more and losing more". Once the waterway line suffers from operating losses, it will in turn accelerate the market decline, and the problem of "insufficient supply" will become more prominent.

A dream of reaching the sea through rivers in inland provinces

In order to survive, enterprises must adapt to external changes and adjust their development direction in time.

In the case of insufficient supply, wading enterprises have also done a lot of useful exploration and practice. The above-mentioned supercapacitor new energy passenger ferry manufacturers respond to the call of national ecological construction, focusing their main business on passenger ships and yachts, and amplifying environmental protection functions, which is a market-leading strategy.

Hunan Ocean Shipping has already launched the "full logistics" model. For example, the company has more than 100 container trucks with sufficient supply and complete models, and some docks have special office areas and parking lots. In addition, Hunan Ocean Container Transportation Company has set up replenishment points in Wuhan and other places to replenish goods in time, which has reduced the situation of "insufficient supply" to some extent.

The use of 10,000-ton dual-fuel container ships has brought many positive signals.

The above-mentioned official plan also mentioned that in the next five years, Hunan will invest 52 billion yuan to basically build the inland river shipping pattern of "one river, one lake and four waters". By then, the backbone waterway in Hunan will reach more than 2,200 kilometers.

"Once 50 billion yuan is invested in inland river transportation, it will bring about profound changes." Huang Daoping, Party branch secretary, executive director and general manager of Hunan Ocean Shipping Container Liner Company, believes that with the full implementation of the plan, the waterway and waterway infrastructure construction in the province will go to a higher level, the business environment will continue to improve, and Hunan will release a stronger and more stable "attraction", which is of great benefit to shipping enterprises.

Behind them is the open development dream of an industry and a province.

Hunan's self-made new energy ship shows that there is still a lot of room for industrial growth in this field. Hunan's shipbuilding industry, container shipping industry, new energy application, sewage treatment, education and training of ship engineering, etc., with the favorable blessing of smoother navigation channels and increased policy support, may form a new trillion-dollar industrial chain.

In the future, the pace of Hunan crossing the river into the sea will be more firm and powerful.