first half of 2012- China shipping & ports are still in a recession
first half of 2012- China shipping & ports are still in a recession
我国航运、港口仍处低迷状态
文汇报 交通运输部新闻发言人何建中26日在例行发布会上表示，受宏观经济影响，上半年，中国航运、港口仍然处于低迷状态，且仍将持续。总体仍表现为“需求放缓，运力增加，成本上涨，运价下降，亏损扩大”的态势，大批中小航运企业存在破产倒闭的风险。
(Due to the averse macroeconomic impact of the first half this year, shipping & ports are still in a recession, and will continue on quite sometime – briefing on the 26th of July 2012 – the china Ministry of Transport spokesman He Jianzhong said.
The overall performance is still weak as “the slowdown in demand, capacity increase, rising costs, tariffs decline, the loss widened” posture, a large number of small and medium-sized shipping companies in the risk of bankruptcy.)
航运、港口在一定程度上是一个国家经济特别是工业经济的“晴雨表”。经济下行、用电量下降必然导致煤炭压港，这是当前经济状况的真实反映。
上半年，中国规模以上港口完成货物吞吐量47.4亿吨，同比增长7.2%，增速较去年同期放慢了6.1个百分点。其中完成外贸货物吞吐量15.2亿吨，增长13.6%，较去年同期加快了5.5个百分点；完成内贸货物吞吐量32.3亿吨，增长4.4%，较去年同期放慢了11.3个百分点；规模以上港口完成集装箱吞吐量8459万标箱，增长8.8%，较去年同期放慢4.3个百分点。
分析中国北方几个主要煤炭大港压港的原因，主要有三个方面：一是受国内经济下行压力增大的影响，工业用电增幅回落，煤炭市场需求下降。据悉，上半年中国总体用煤量有所下降，库存有所上升。二是受市场价格因素的影响，今年外贸进口煤炭大幅增长，进一步减缓了对国内煤炭的需求。今年1到5月份，煤炭进口量达到1亿吨，同比增长65.1%，增速加快了77.5个百分点。三是今年中国南方降雨较多，水电发电量大幅增加，部分火电厂机组停机。据了解，火电机组负荷只有正常的70%。华东、华南主要电厂上半年煤炭平均库存可用天数保持在28天，甚至达到一个月左右。
针对严峻形势，何建中表示，煤炭压港不是单一的运输问题，跟整个经济运行有很大关系，涉及铁路、航运企业、港口等运输组织的各个环节。交通部门能做的，是主动加强与相关方面的联系，电煤企业、铁路部门、航运企业也要加强战略合作，积极主动联系，实现煤炭到港运输的合理化库存，发挥煤炭专线运输效应，实现船舶运输和货主需求的有效衔接。
translated for non- Chinese friends:
Shipping, ports to a certain extent a country’s economy, especially the “barometer” of the industrial economy. Economic downturn, the decrease in power consumption will inevitably lead to the coal to pressure Hong Kong, this is a true reflection of the current economic situation.
The first half of the Chinese scale above port cargo throughput of 4.74 billion tons, an increase of 7.2 percent growth rate slowed by 6.1 percentage points over the same period last year. Completion of the foreign trade cargo throughput of 1.52 billion tons, up 13.6 percent, 5.5 percentage points over the same period last year to speed up; complete the domestic trade cargo throughput of 3.23 billion tons, an increase of 4.4 percent, slowed down by 11.3 percentage points over the same period last year; ports above designated size The container throughput of 84.59 million TEUs, an increase of 8.8 percent, slowed down by 4.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
Analysis of northern China several major coal Dagang pressure port of the three main aspects: First, the domestic economy, the downward pressure on increased industrial use of electricity saw a drop of coal falling demand. It is reported that China’s overall coal consumption has declined, the stock has increased. Second, the market price factors, the foreign trade import coal this year, a substantial increase, further slowing the demand for domestic coal. 1-5 months, coal imports reached 100 million tons, an increase of 65.1%, growth accelerated 77.5 percent. Three more this year, China Southern rainfall, hydroelectric power generation increased significantly, part of the thermal power plant unit shut down. It is understood that the thermal power unit load only 70% of the normal. East, the main power plant in southern China in the first half of the average coal stocks available days remained at 28 days, or even a month or so.
Grim situation, said He Jianzhong, coal pressure in Hong Kong is not a single transportation problem with the economy as a whole is running a great relationship, involving railways, shipping companies, ports and other transport organizations. Transport sector can do is take the initiative to strengthen links with the relevant aspects of coal enterprises, railway authorities, shipping companies should strengthen strategic cooperation, proactive contact of coal to the rationalization of transport in Hong Kong stocks play the effect of coal green transport, to achieve shipping and shippers demand for effective convergence.