The overall plan of Jinan Port has been officially approved by the provincial government. With the implementation of the international port code, this inland city is using the Xiaoqing River to resume navigation and accelerate the embrace of the marine economy.

Inland port to sea outlet

The upgrade of Jinan Port is not just talk on paper. With the official implementation of the international port code CNJNA, Jinan is no longer just an inland city on the logistics map, but has the identity card to directly engage in international trade.

As an important pole of inland ports in Shandong Province, Jinan Port's strategic position has been elevated to the core level of serving the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin. The approved plan specifies a port shoreline of 11730 meters, with 1860 meters of long-term development space reserved, demonstrating the government's confidence in the long-term potential of the port. This is not only the construction of infrastructure, but also a crucial step in integrating the provincial economic circle into the national water transportation network, providing a more convenient channel for goods from the Yellow River Basin to go abroad.

Collaboration among one port and four districts

According to the plan, Jinan Port will establish an overall pattern of one port and four districts, no longer fighting alone. The main urban port area and Pingyin port area are positioned as important port areas, among which the main urban port area relies on the Xiaoqing River waterway, focusing on the development of sea water intermodal transportation and iron water intermodal transportation. It not only needs to establish a large base for bulk cargo transportation, but also gradually promote the conversion of bulk cargo to container transportation, and increase the proportion of container transportation. Pingyin Port Area is linked to the coal resources of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia, becoming an important hub for energy transportation. As general port areas, Changqing and Zhangqiu will focus more on serving the transportation of raw materials and the export of finished products for local industries.

It is worth noting that the Xiaoqing River resumption project is the practical foundation of this plan. With the full navigation of Xiaoqing River in 2023, Jinan Port has the physical conditions to connect the river and the sea.

In the future, through intermodal transportation, industrial products from Jinan can be transported to coastal ports such as Qingdao and Yantai at low cost, and imported goods from overseas can also be directly delivered to Jinan. The improvement of this multimodal transport system will significantly reduce the logistics costs of local enterprises such as Laigang, providing solid water transportation support for the optimization of industrial layout in the provincial capital economic circle. Keywords: logistics port, Jinan Port

Jinan is attempting to build an efficient economic corridor between the Yellow River and the ocean through this plan, from inland river ports to international ports.Editor/Cheng Liting