East China’s Jiangsu province has reported continuous recovery of the marine economy since the beginning of this year by scientifically coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development and increasing the implementation of supportive policies.
At around 7 am on Monday, the world's largest general-purpose bulk carrier SS Mingxing started its maiden voyage at Yangzhou Port.
SS Mingxing, loaded with 60,000 cubic meters of wind power towers made in Jiangsu, is expected to arrive in Australia on June 4.
SS Mingxing, delivered in April, is currently the world's largest general-purpose bulk cargo ship, with a load capacity of 62,000 tons.
Du Wei, Assistant General Manager of COSCO SHIPPING Logistics Shanghai Yangzhou Branch
The shipbuilding industry is an important part of Jiangsu's marine economy. Since the beginning of this year, marine shipbuilding enterprises in Jiangsu have continuously improved their product competitiveness for greater market shares.
Statistics show that in the first quarter, Jiangsu’s shipbuilding enterprises increased their new orders by 67.8% year-on-year while the number of orders being fulfilled increased by 43.3% year-on-year, maintaining the strong recovery momentum since last year.
From January to March, coastal ports and ports along the Yangtze River reported a cargo throughput of 630 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%, and a container throughput of 5.12 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.
Song Chuanliang, Assistant General Manager of Yancheng Port Xiangshui Port Development Group Co., Ltd.
In the meantime, Jiangsu has shown vigorous vitality in its marine emerging industries. The cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power in the first quarter came at 11.8325 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 91.6% and offshore wind power generation came 7.041 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 47.2%.
With the efforts of traditional and emerging industries, in the first quarter, the province's gross marine product reached 244 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, further consolidating the steady and improving growth.
