en.Wedoany.com Reported - Ma Zhongjun, Governor of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, stated at a special press conference for the Wenshan session of the "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" themed series on June 3 that the Funing Port in the prefecture will be completed within this year and will be put into operation simultaneously with the Pinglu Canal, becoming the nearest "golden port" for Yunnan's access to the sea.
Funing Port is located in Bo'ai Town, Funing County, Wenshan Prefecture, at the "Eastern Gateway" of Yunnan and is also the "first port" on the upper reaches of the Pearl River. With the completion of the navigation facilities of the Baise Water Control Project (known as the "water elevator") in the second half of this year and the opening of the downstream Pinglu Canal, a "golden waterway" directly connecting Yunnan to the Beibu Gulf will soon take shape. Currently, the construction of Funing Port has entered its final sprint phase. According to plan, the first phase of the project will be completed this year, including three 1,000-ton cargo berths: one bulk cargo berth, one container berth, and one general cargo berth.
The imminent completion and opening of the Pinglu Canal presents a historic opportunity for Funing Port. According to the plan, Funing Port will be completed and put into operation simultaneously with the Pinglu Canal, opening a water transport channel from Yunnan through Guangxi to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone. He Yongsheng, Chairman of Yunnan Communications Investment Funing Port Investment and Construction Co., Ltd., introduced that the plan for Funing Port includes the construction of two 330-passenger berths and nineteen 1,000-ton cargo berths. He believes that the navigation of the Pinglu Canal and the Baise Water Control Project will bring historic opportunities for the development of Yunnan's water transport.
For a long time, due to topographical constraints, goods from Yunnan have mainly relied on road and rail transport for export, with high logistics costs hindering the "export of Yunnan products" and "export of Yunnan products abroad." After Funing Port becomes operational, the advantages of high capacity and low cost of water transport will be fully realized. The first to benefit will be Wenshan Prefecture, where the port is located. As the main front for the "north aluminum moving south" strategy, Wenshan is building a core area for the "China Green Aluminum Valley," with industrial parks in Yanshan County, Funing County, and Wenshan City. Du Yuxiang, Deputy Director of the Yunnan Funing Industrial Park Management Committee, stated that in recent years, aluminum material deep-processing enterprises from outside the province have been settling in, attracted not only by Yunnan's advantages in "green electricity + advanced manufacturing" but also by the logistics prospects of Funing Port's access to rivers and the sea. He mentioned that raw materials needed for aluminum production, such as petroleum coke and recycled aluminum, can be transported by water in the future, offering significant logistics cost advantages.
A relevant official from Yunnan Communications Investment Funing Port Investment and Construction Co., Ltd. stated that the completion of the first phase of construction is being coordinated with the preparation for port operations. They will draw on the operational management experience of advanced domestic ports to build a seamless "water-rail-road" multimodal transport system, innovate a "market-oriented + professional" operational mechanism, provide customized services for cargo owners in key industries such as green aluminum, steel, and fertilizers, and plan a sustainable development path integrating "port-industry-city."
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