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The 400000-ton ore ship "Yuanzhuohai" berthed in the Dongjiakou port area of Qingdao Port. As a result, Qingdao Port became the first terminal in China to provide 400000-ton bulk carriers directly, marking that China's port dry bulk operations have entered the "big ship era". So far, the supply of raw materials in China's steel industry has opened up a new logistics channel with the lowest cost and the highest efficiency, and will have a profound impact on the world iron ore trade pattern.

The Ministry of Transport of
and the National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on July 2 that 7 berths in 4 ports, including Qingdao Port, can receive 400000-ton ore ships, namely Qingdao Port Dongjiakou Port Iron Ore Terminal 1 berth, Dalian Port Dagushan Port Iron Ore 1 berth, Tangshan Port Caofeidian Port Iron Ore Phase III 2 berths, Ningbo Zhoushan Port Mashan Iron Ore Terminal Phase II 1 berth, as well as Ningbo Zhoushan port rat wolf lake iron ore wharf 2 berths. The "Yuanzhuohai" ship is the first 400000-ton ore ship to berth at a port in China. According to the "micro port" (wechat public number: weigangkou), the dongjiakou port area wharf of Qingdao port, where the "yuanzhuohai" ship berthed, was approved by the national development and reform Commission in June 2011, completed the acceptance of the Ministry of transport in July 2013, and completed the approval of relevant departments in July 2015 according to the construction procedures. the anchorage channel, harbor berth and navigation aid facilities all meet the requirements for full load of 400000 tons, it became the first dock of this class in the country.

"Yuanzhuohai" is one of four 400000-ton super-large ore ships received by Chinese mining in Singapore, the Brazilian ore trading giant, Vale. According to market estimates, the use of 400000 tons of large ships, compared with the traditional mode of transportation with ships under 300000 tons, will save more than 15% of the comprehensive logistics costs for the relevant iron and steel enterprises.

the owner of half of the cargo loaded on the "Yuanzhuohai" ship is Qingdao Century Ruifeng Group. Liu Yukun, chairman of the group, said that compared with the traditional 300000-ton ship transportation, the freight rate of 400000-ton ship transportation can be reduced by 10% to 30%. The logistics cost of 200000 tons of goods can be reduced by 400000 US dollars, which is conducive to enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises.

According to Qingdao Port, as China's most important ore import and unloading base, Qingdao Port has an annual iron ore loading and unloading volume of more than 0.1 billion tons, with customers in more than 100 iron and steel enterprises in Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui and other places. In June 2011, Qingdao Port launched the 400000-ton ore terminal project and obtained relevant approval in July this year, becoming the largest ore terminal in China. It is reported that after Qingdao Port was listed in Hong Kong last year, the financing was mainly used for the construction of Dongjiakou ore terminal and supporting facilities.

Dongjiakou Port Area has built 4 million square meters of ore storage yard for this terminal, with a one-time storage capacity of more than 55 million tons, which is the largest port in China. Since its operation, the terminal has berthed 3595 large ships and unloaded 182 million tons of iron ore. It has also created and maintained the world's highest iron ore unloading efficiency, with a single ship unloading rate of 10156 tons/hour.

At present, Qingdao Port is actively exploring a new mode of ore trading, planning to build an ore distribution center and preparing to build China's largest "ore supermarket", that is, the port can not only receive, unload and store, but also be equipped with comprehensive logistics service functions including shipping agency, bonded storage, futures delivery, mixed processing, transportation and distribution.

reported that the ship is expected to operate in the port for 34 hours. This time, China's 400000-ton large ships berthed at Qingdao Port, fully opening the "big ship era" of ore transportation, such as Qingdao Port as the representative of the port capable of berthing 400000-ton ships will benefit. In addition to increasing throughput, it will also increase its status and voice as a dry bulk hub port. The world's largest iron ore supplier and the world's largest iron ore consumer are connected by 400000-ton ships and terminals, which will play an important role in the development of my country's metallurgical industry.

for the port, the arrival of Brazilian iron ore will be one of the guarantees of long-term throughput. According to Vale's forecast, its iron ore shipments to China will increase from 0.15 billion tons to 0.3 billion tons by 2018.