Henan's new inland shipping flagship opens in Zhoukou

Henan's new inland shipping flagship opens in Zhoukou

河南内河航运“新旗舰”来了！周口港中心港区中心作业区开港

On the morning of December 24, a group of cargo vessels departed from the Shaying River following the sounding of a signal, marking the debut of Phase I of the Central Operation Area at Zhoukou Port's Central Port Area. This marks Henan's inland waterway cargo transport entering the 1-million-TEU era.

12月24日上午，随着开港令的声音落下，停靠在沙颍河岸边的货船纷纷鸣笛，载着满船的集装箱有序驶离码头。这标志着周口港中心港区中心作业区（一期）正式开港，也意味着河南内河航运迈入“百万标箱”时代。

In the future, Henan will persist in advancing the integrated construction of waterways and ports along the Shaying, Huaihe, Tangbai, and Tuokuai River Basins, further extend the inland waterway shipping network, cultivate port-adjacent industrial clusters, and expedite the establishment of a modern inland waterway transportation system with provincial coverage, national connectivity, and global radiating capacity - a system that supports regional economic integration and serves the national "Dual Circulation" development pattern.

未来，河南将持续推进沙颍河、淮河、唐白河、沱浍河四大流域航道港口建设，持续拓展航线网络，发展临港产业，加快构建覆盖全省、连通全国、辐射全球的现代化内河航运体系。

As learned, the project is planned to construct 22 2,000-ton-class berths with an annual comprehensive handling capacity of 1.76 million TEUs, to be implemented in two phases. Phase I has been completed, featuring 13 berths with a total length of 1,089 meters and covering an area of 2,061 mu (equivalent to 137.4 hectares, as 1 mu equals around 666.7 square meters). This makes it the container-specific inland waterway port in Henan Province with the largest number of berths and the widest coverage to date, thereby significantly consolidating its leading position and reinforcing its hub function.

记者获悉，该项目整体规划建设22个2000吨级泊位，年综合通过能力达176万标箱，分两期实施。一期工程建成13个泊位，泊位总长1089米，占地2061亩，是目前河南省泊位数量最多、占地面积最广的内河集装箱专用码头，因此，龙头地位与枢纽功能显著。

As Henan's first inland container terminal with an annual handling capacity exceeding 1 million TEUs, the port boasts a designed annual throughput of 1.075 million TEUs in Phase I. Furthermore, leveraging the distinct advantages of inland waterway transport - low cost and large shipping capacity - it is poised to become a core driving engine for boosting regional economic development and reducing overall social logistics costs.

作为河南首个百万级集装箱码头，一期设计年通过能力达107.5万标箱，不仅如此，依托内河航运低成本、大运量的显著优势，将成为辐射区域经济、降低社会物流成本的核心动力引擎。（中文来源/大河网 记者/刘瑞朝 祝传鹏 刘高雅 图片/李思豫 编译/杨佳欣 审校/焦丹 赵汉青）