As of December 6, Huanghua Port, the largest coal shipment port in China, has realized an annual coal shipment of 200.04 million tonnes, marking a year-on-year increase of 2.1%. This milestone indicates the Port’s achievement of surpassing 200 million tonnes of coal shipment for five consecutive years and its position of the leading coal port in north China for six consecutive years, solidifying its role as an energy hub port in shipping coal from west China to east China and from north China to south China.
Since the beginning of 2024, focusing on “One Core, Four Solid Foundations, and Four New Quality Main Lines”, the Port has addressed production and operational challenges ahead, innovated systems and mechanisms and leveraged its “three synergies” advantage to ensure the efficient and smooth operation of CHN Energy’s integrated production and operation. Through the production scheduling and command system, the Port has incorporated port production organization into CHN Energy’s integrated operations, enabling seamless exchange of upstream and downstream information and coordinated development of integrated operation, maximizing the advantages of integrated and coordinated operation. In addition, the Port has strengthened centralized regional collaboration, enhanced regional coordination efficiency to ensure the swift shipment of coal resources. From January to November, the Port’s coal unloading operations accounted for 59.7% of CHN Energy’s integrated outbound shipment volume, achieving a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. To address the impact of extreme weather on production and operation, the Port has enhanced its meteorological service platform by establishing 100-kilometer, 50-kilometer, and 30-kilometer wind speed alert zones, achieving accurate early warning for gusts and automatic push of information and preventing multiple instances of extreme weather disasters. In collaboration with the Cangzhou Maritime Safety Administration of People’s Republic of China, the Port activated the emergency energy supply and guarantee mechanism, seized “maintenance gap” and ensured dynamic coordination, effectively responding to four rare severe convective weather events and overcoming a record 77-hour port closure, reducing its impact by over 60 hours. By maintaining a dual focus on production organization and equipment maintenance, the Port completed 663 major maintenance projects throughout the year, an 8.6% year-on-year increase, with a fulfillment rate of 104%, and the equipment availability rate remained at a high level of 99.64%. Building upon the valuable lessons from the successful “10+10” stable energy supplies during the winter peak demand in 2023, the Port innovatively extended this model to the summer season. The newly developed “10+10” stable energy supplies during the summer peak demand effectively addressed key risks including summer gusts, high temperatures of stack, and elevated equipment temperatures, ensuring safe and stable supply operations throughout the year.
Facing the critical winter peak season, the Port has intensified measures to prevent extreme weather conditions, including prolonged low temperatures, cold air, and gales, to maintain stable production organization, ensure efficient and orderly process operations, safeguard the safe navigation of vessels, and enable seamless loading, transportation, and unloading activities, thus guaranteeing national energy safety and serving the country’s overall economic and social development.
