Annual freight savings of 5.2 billion yuan +! Construction of the whole Pinglu Canal started

On May 23, the Pinglu Canal started construction, with a total length of 134.2 kilometers, a designed annual one-way capacity of 89 million tons, and a total budget of about 72.7 billion yuan. It is reported that due to the construction of Pinglu Canal, the transportation cost of the existing corridor will be reduced by more than 5.2 billion yuan annually, and the industrial development along the line will also be vigorously developed in the future.

As a landmark project to speed up the construction of a strong transportation country and a key project of the new land-sea corridor in the west, the Pinglu Canal starts at the mouth of the Pingtang River in the Xijin Reservoir Area of Hengzhou City, Nanning City, Guangxi, and enters the Beibu Gulf along the Qinjiang River through Luwu Town, Lingshan County, Qinzhou, with a total length of 134.2 kilometers and a designed annual one-way capacity of 89 million tons. The project mainly includes the reconstruction of waterways, shipping hubs, water conservancy facilities and the construction of river-crossing supporting projects along the line, with a total budget of about 72.7 billion yuan. The

completed Pinglu Canal will not only support the development of Guangxi, but also become the shortest, most economical and most convenient sea passage in southwest China. As the construction of Pinglu Canal attracts the transfer of freight volume of existing corridors, the transportation cost will be reduced by more than 5.2 billion yuan annually, which will play an important supporting role in the foreign trade economy and domestic freight business of many provinces in China in the future, and will vigorously promote the industrial development along the line.

At the same time, cargo ships in the upper and middle reaches of the Xijiang River can go south from Hengzhou to Qinzhou and go to sea from the Beibu Gulf, which is more than 560 kilometers shorter than voyage through Guangzhou. The navigation capacity of the lower reaches of the Xijiang River will be fundamentally solved, and the problem of ship blockage in the Xijiang River will be effectively alleviated.

Youth Hub Effect Map (provided by the Department of Transportation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)

Qishi Hub Effect Map (provided by the Department of Transportation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Madao Hub Effect Map (provided by the Department of Transportation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)