In the first three quarters of this year, Yangzhou Port shipped 1.977 million cubic meters of wind turbine blades and approximately 220 complete wind turbine units, continuing to lead the nation in complete wind turbine export volume.
Since launching its oversized wind power cargo transport business in 2019, Yangzhou Port has seen cumulative wind power equipment exports exceed 15 million cubic meters.
Located in the Jiaoshan waterway under the jurisdiction of the Yangtze River Zhenjiang Waterway Division, Yangzhou Port leverages its river-sea connectivity advantage to form a "front port—middle warehouse—rear production" port-industry coordinated development model. It serves as a core hub for wind power equipment distribution and transshipment in the Yangtze River Basin, and an important export channel for green energy equipment from the Yangtze River Delta.
Domestically produced wind power equipment sets sail from here, reaching countries and regions including South Africa, Turkey, Pakistan, Germany, and Italy.
This year, the port's oversized cargo categories have continued to expand. Beyond full sets of wind power components such as blades, nacelles, towers, and hubs, the circulation scale of engineering machinery equipment, heavy steel structures, and other oversized cargo has continued to rise, placing higher demands on the navigable dimensions, navigational aid capabilities, and navigation environment of the waterway under its jurisdiction.
Vessels carrying oversized wind power cargo are over-length and over-width, making them difficult to maneuver and requiring substantial water space for berthing and unberthing operations.
Focusing on its primary responsibility of waterway maintenance, the Yangtze River Zhenjiang Waterway Division closely tracks the growing demand for oversized wind power transport at Yangzhou Port, providing proactive services and precise measures to solidify the navigational foundation for oversized cargo transport.
The division maintains a stable 12.5-meter deep-water channel maintenance dimension, conducts high-frequency depth surveys and underwater terrain monitoring at Yangzhou Port's wharf waters, and tracks river regime dynamics in real time. Based on the actual berthing, turning, and departure operations of oversized vessels, it scientifically optimizes the layout of navigational aids around the port area, using a combination of physical buoys and AIS virtual aids to expand vessel operating waters, strengthen navigational support capabilities, and meet the turning, berthing, and unberthing needs of large heavy-lift vessels.
Relying on "drone chains," "video chains," and the digital waterway platform, the division has built a three-dimensional support system integrating "waterway patrol + depth monitoring + remote surveillance," promptly releasing navigational information such as waterway depth, water levels, and navigational aid updates to help port authorities, vessel operators, and cargo owners plan voyages rationally.
At the same time, it actively coordinates with maritime authorities, port operators, pilotage services, and other relevant units, establishing a sound multi-party coordination mechanism and deeply participating in the full-chain support of oversized vessels. This provides solid waterway technical support for vessels to "enter smoothly, berth securely, and depart efficiently," helps foreign trade vessels operate efficiently, and effectively reduces costs and boosts efficiency for enterprises.
Going forward, the Yangtze River Zhenjiang Waterway Division will continue to focus on the development needs of oversized cargo transport at ports along the river, solidly carrying out key tasks such as waterway maintenance, navigational aid optimization, and wharf depth surveys. It will continuously improve the waterway support level for oversized cargo waterborne transport, safeguard the bottom line of safe and smooth Yangtze River waterways, escort more "Chinese wind power" equipment from the Yangtze River golden waterway to the world, and contribute waterway strength to the high-quality development of green foreign trade in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
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