Yancheng Maritime Escorts "Made in Yancheng" Cars Setting Sail Overseas

At 12:00 on October 15, the 50,000-ton ro-ro ship "SIRIUS" safely docked at the Binhai Port Area of Yancheng Port under the full escort of the maritime patrol vessel. After less than a day of intensive operations, the ship completed the loading of 3,000 Yueda Kia cars "Made in Yancheng" and successfully departed for overseas on October 16.

Large ro-ro ships have a large wind-receiving area and strong inertia, posing higher navigation risks. To build a solid safety barrier, the Yancheng Maritime Department tailored a "one ship, one policy" special navigation guarantee plan, proactively coordinating with multiple departments such as ports, dispatching, piloting, agriculture and rural affairs, and agents. They comprehensively assessed ship performance, meteorological and hydrological conditions, navigation environment, and ship-shore docking status, finalizing navigation safety guarantees and emergency response measures item by item. A green channel was also opened to ensure "direct entry and exit, fast entry and exit."

Throughout the ship's entry into the port, Yancheng Maritime activated a "three-in-one escort mode" consisting of "VTS remote control, maritime patrol vessel on-site guarding, and drone aerial inspection." VTS personnel closely monitored ship dynamics in real-time, precisely managing traffic order in the channel; pre-positioned warnings and on-site guarding ensured timely guidance for passing ships and strengthened traffic organization on-site. Drones conducted comprehensive aerial inspections, meticulously identifying safety hazards in the channel and port basin waters, achieving synchronized supervision across water, air, and remote dimensions, weaving a three-dimensional safety protection network.

After the ship docked at the terminal, maritime law enforcement officers immediately joined customs and border inspection departments to conduct a joint boarding inspection. They focused on checking the operational status of key equipment such as navigation, firefighting, and lifesaving devices, as well as the lashing and securing of transported vehicles. They confirmed that lashing equipment and fixed points met standards, strictly preventing vehicle displacement and collision risks, safeguarding the safety baseline of ro-ro operations from the source.

In recent years, Yancheng Binhai Port has continuously expanded its automobile export trade channels, opening multiple mature ro-ro routes to South Korea, Japan, the UAE, and other destinations. It fully serves the export businesses of mainstream car manufacturers such as Yueda Kia, SAIC, Hyundai, Dongfeng, and Great Wall. Since the beginning of this year, the port area's vehicle export volume has achieved leapfrog growth, with annual exports exceeding 20,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 383%, accelerating the formation of the Yangtze River Delta's northern automotive foreign trade hub.

Safe escorting goes beyond safeguarding the waterway; it also empowers local industries to thrive through maritime development. Yancheng Maritime adheres to a balance between safety supervision and proactive service, continuously optimizing the guarantee mechanism for large ro-ro ships, ensuring smooth maritime logistics channels for automobile foreign trade. Through precise supervision and high-quality services, it supports Yancheng's automotive industry in leveraging the Binhai Port Area's "doorstep" export gateway to deeply integrate into the global market, escorting more "Made in Yancheng" products to ride the waves and sail far.