Two 18 provinces push forward the standardization of inland river type

At the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, standardized ships should account for more than 50% of the total tonnage of inland water transport vessels; the average energy consumption per unit of transport turnover should fall by more than 14% compared to 2005; the average inland water ship tonnage should reach 800 dwt. Recently, the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Finance, and the governments of 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Heilongjiang Province and Shanghai Municipality jointly formulated the “12th Five-Year Plan” implementation plan for promoting the standardization of inland shipping vessels across the country (referred to as the “Program”). The objective of the standardization work for inland vessels during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period set the target. The "plan" will be implemented on October 1.

The “Programme” clarified that the main focus of the inland waterway ship type standardization work during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period is to advance within the scope of “Two Lines, One Line, Two Lines, Eighteen Lines and Eighteen Lines” established in the “National Inland Waterway and Port Layout Plan”. In accordance with the working principle of “opening the front door, closing the back door, adjusting the deposit amount, and pushing demonstrations”, we will promote the standardization of inland shipping vessels nationwide, strictly prohibit the inland rivers from building new non-standard ships into the shipping market, and encourage existing old energy-consuming ships to withdraw from the shipping market in advance. From January 1, 2014, transport ships below 200 gross tons are prohibited from passing the Xijiang Mains ship lock. Starting from January 1, 2016, dry bulk carriers below 200 gross tons will be prohibited from passing through the ship lock of the Jinghang Grand Canal, transport ships below 300 gross tons will be prohibited from passing through the Xijiang Mains lock, and river transport vessels that do not meet domestic wastewater discharge requirements will be prohibited. Single-shell chemical tankers and single-hull oil tankers of more than 600 DWT enter the “two horizontal, one vertical and two net and 18 lines” waters.

In order to encourage relevant ships to withdraw from the shipping market in advance, encourage existing ships to prevent pollution from domestic sewage pollution and guide the construction of new demonstration vessels, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Transport and the local people's governments have formulated economic incentive policies and raised special funds to provide subsidies. The subsidy for the dismantling and transformation of existing ships is borne by the central and local governments in proportions of 50%: 50% in the eastern provinces, 60%: 40% in the central provinces and 70%: 30% in the western provinces. For subsidies to guide the construction of new demonstration vessels, the central government will use a fixed amount of subsidies each year to encourage qualified provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to provide local subsidies on the basis of central government subsidies.

According to the “plan”, the port and shipping department must not go through the formalities for the construction of new non-standard ships and ships that have withdrawn from the market within the time limit. The maritime department must not go through the vessel registration formalities for new non-standard ships, and will not release visas for ships that leave the market within a time limit. The department will not accept the construction inspection of non-standard ships, and the ship lock management department shall not arrange for the passage of gates for ships that have prohibited the gates and ships that have withdrawn from the market within the time limit.

□ Relevant links Standardization objectives for inland river ship types at the end of the “Twelfth Five Year Plan” Standardization Ships account for more than 50% of the total tonnage of inland water transport vessels, of which the Yangtze River Line, West River Line, and Beijing-Hangzhou Canal reach 70%, basically fulfilling key ships such as river passenger ships and dangerous goods ships. standardization.

The average energy consumption per unit of transport turnover was more than 14% lower than that in 2005, and the carbon dioxide emissions fell by more than 15% compared with 2005; the standard discharge rate (or centralized recovery and treatment) of domestic sewage for transport ships in the Three Gorges reservoir area and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal reached 100%, and other inland rivers It reaches 50%.

The average national tonnage of river vessels reached 800 deadweight tons, including 1600 dwt for the Yangtze River, 500 dwt for the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, 1,000 dwt for the West River, and 300 dwt for other inland rivers.