Development Strategy of Harbor Waterway Combined Transport System

Waterway combined transport system(WCTS) is an important part of harbor transport chains, which can not only decrease transportation costs, but also promote energy reduction and sustainable development. So, it is bound to be a promising development form in the future. Experience indicates that for WCTS, its facilities and network construction are the foundation; good transportation organization is the safeguard; preferential policy is the motivation. The healthy development of WCTS depends on the good organization and operational management in the process of connecting system, and therefore must take connecting integration fully into account, must consider the overall logistics cost, especially the new increasing cost in the system and find out the solutions and strategies to cut the cost. In addition, a broader view of sea-river-rail(road) combined transport will help to expand the connection transportation scope of waterways. The suggestion for the development strategy of WCTS in our country is: taking the market direction as the instruction. The main ideas are "selected development area and gradual propulsion, innovative services and active development". On the other hand, the government's preferential policies and support measures can promote the starting move of major projects and built helpful market environment, which will benefit the development of WCTS too.