i’m on duty during national day｜chengdu china-europe freight train container “medical examiner” inspects nearly 400 containers every day
2024-10-06
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what work needs to be done before "made in chengdu" products are shipped on china-europe trains? what kind of transportation "physical examinations" will be completed after bulk goods such as pulp, polyethylene, and aluminum raw materials that cross mountains and seas enter the chengdu international railway port? on october 6, inside the chengdu international railway port, large gantry cranes were waving their arms, containers were rising and falling, and vehicles transporting goods were flowing continuously. it was a busy scene as far as the eye could see.
on average, nearly 500 cross-border e-commerce transactions are concluded at the chengdu international railway port every hour. a train leaves or arrives at the port area every two hours. nearly 2,000 trains enter and leave the chengdu railway port multimodal transport supervision center every day. at present, the container storage capacity here remains at more than 1,400 containers, and nearly 800 boxes of import and export containers are completed and transported every day.
at 8:30 a.m., tao guoju, deputy manager of the station operations department of chengdu international dry port operation co., ltd., was staring at the computer to check the export box loading operations in the early morning of that day. working hours officially started at 9 o'clock. he has sorted out the production organization operation information such as the number of containers planned to be imported and exported today, the stacking points, and the arrangement of on-site unloading and packing personnel. "there must be an operation flow chart in mind at all times to ensure that every safe entry and exit of containers and cargo.”
wechat steps exceeded 20,000 steps
conduct "physical examinations" on nearly 400 containers every day
the arms of large gantry cranes are waving, containers are rising and falling, and international trains loaded with goods are constantly coming and going... this is a scene that tao guoju sees every day. "'made in chengdu' cars, accessories, clothing department stores, snacks, etc. are busy exporting , pulp, polyethylene, aluminum raw materials, rapeseed oil, red wine, high-quality beef, chicken feet, etc. are busy entering sichuan, and the railway closely connects the inland chengdu with large foreign markets. "
"after completing the customs declaration, inspection and release procedures, complete the packing before 12 o'clock, and check the container information as planned to speed up the review of railway safety. according to the loading plan time of the china-europe train that day, dispatch truck trucks to perform transportation operations. ensure the safe and efficient organization of export container trains." tao guoju makes nearly a hundred phone calls every day to transport imported goods back so that companies can get the goods out of the port as soon as possible after completing declaration, inspection and release procedures at qingbaijiang customs.
▲check container import and export data
when talking about the work content, tao guoju became interested. he took unpacking and packing operations as an example. due to the limited space in the container, only 3 to 4 people can enter and move the boxes. it will take up to 2 hours to find all the goods that need to be inspected in the box. after the inspection by customs personnel, they can be put back in their original positions. "in order to increase the loading capacity of the box, professional operators try to use the gaps to load more boxes, which can reduce transportation costs for customers."
"during the national day, up to 3,000 containers of bulk imported goods arrived. at the same time, during the holidays, customer factories were on vacation, and a large number of export goods arrived in advance, posing greater challenges to the originally congested site." tao guoju explained, "we must deal with the recent the containers undergo safety inspections that comply with railway transportation. each export container is lifted with a gantry crane. the staff will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the container, including its surroundings and bottom beams. on average, nearly 400 containers are inspected every day. staff need to have good stamina to deal with it.”
the departure and arrival of huge quantities of goods also test the port's throughput capacity. pointing to the container undergoing hoisting operations, tao guoju said that the container that has completed the "physical examination" will be equipped with a blockade. "the blockade is a one-time operation, and a gps blockade needs to be added. this is equivalent to tracking the container transportation route in real time to ensure safe transportation along the way.”
it is reported that the station covers an area of more than 340 acres and has a container storage capacity of 2,600 containers. it covers the functions of imported vehicle inspection line, imported cold chain storage, inbound grain silo, cross-border sorting center and general bulk cargo storage. district. tao guoju said with a smile that he often goes to various areas of the station to check the progress of homework. “at the end of the day, the step count on wechat is usually more than 10,000 steps, and sometimes it exceeds 20,000 steps. my friends once teased me, right? running secretly to keep fit.”
▲do a "physical examination" for the container
service efficiency doubled
continue to explore intelligent models
the sound of whistles, the rolling of wheels, and the coming and going of international trains not only transformed chengdu from a "node" to a "hub" in the national railway network, but also fundamentally reversed the fact that chengdu, an inland city, must rely on ports to develop an export-oriented economy. the old model allows it to advance from the interior hinterland to the open frontier. at the same time, it also makes chengdu international railway port a bridgehead connecting the world.
overlooking the chengdu international railway port, gantry cranes neatly load rows of containers onto trains, and the china-europe trains that are about to leave chengdu are preparing to depart on the railway track. "the information system on site has been upgraded many times, and now the operating capacity of the chengdu railway port multimodal transport supervision center has doubled compared with before." tao guoju said that this makes international transport more efficient and convenient.
"the first-generation information system can only meet the needs of information collection, processing, and dispatching orders. the current second-generation information system has automated functions." taking the entry of container trucks as an example, tao guoju introduced that in the past, container truck drivers needed to the driver got out of the car and filled out the relevant handover procedures. "there are no drivers queuing up at the service window now because they (drivers) only need to make an appointment on the mini program. after the vehicle enters and is manually reviewed, the order will be automatically dispatched without getting out of the car, which saves money." lots of handoffs and wait times.”
tao guoju said that the current information system is still being iteratively updated. "we are also exploring more intelligent operating modes such as unmanned truck collection vehicles and drone door cranes. this will further improve service efficiency and traffic efficiency, allowing chengdu china-europe trains to connect more countries and trade formats more diverse.”
data shows that so far, chengdu international railway port has established an international train line network and a global land and sea freight distribution system with chengdu as the main hub, heading west to europe, north to mongolia and russia, east to japan and south korea, and south to asean, forming a the coordinated operation pattern of multi-directional trains such as the china-europe (asia) train, the new western land-sea corridor train, and the china-laos (vietnam) train connects 113 overseas cities and 30 domestic cities, effectively shortening the distance between chengdu and the world. .
red star news reporter zhao yuxin’s photos according to interviewees
editor chen yixi
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