The Research About The Development Of The Pearl Rivers's Waterway Transportation

The inland waterway is a part of a nation's comprehensive transportation system and fundamental industry in national economy. By way of reviewing the historical development of the inland waterway transportation in the Zhujiang River. On the basis of investigation and knowledge of the present conditions of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation, water channels, ports and ships etc, this text analyzes and studies the problems and restricting factors that lies in the development of the inland waterway transportation in the Zhujiang River. Linking with the experiences and lessons that made in the development of shipping home and abroad, this text puts forward measures and suggestions about how to speed up the development of inland waterway transportation in six aspects, i.e. development policy, comprehensive exploitation of water resources, investments, technological progress ,environment protection and market environment..The article, divided into 3 periods, describes the history of the development of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation,and gives us a true picture of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation in the following aspects: societal economy of Zhujiang River valley, present conditions of fairway, harbors, ships and supporting & guarding systems such as waterway transportation industry, communication, piloting, and etc. The main contents include the characteristics of Zhujiang River's layout, the fulfillments of Zhujiang River's waterwaytransportation and the quantities of passengers and cargoes that Zhujiang River carried, laying emphasis on the conveyance method and characteristics of Zhujiang River as a main and important waterway transportation channel, and introducing characteristics of the fairway layout of the Zhujiang River, present conditions of fairway grading structure, layout characteristics of the harbors in Zhujiang River valley, harbor's handling capacity & container harbor's present situation , and gross tonnage & layout characteristics of shipping capacity of Zhujiang River valley, ships' technical conditions and transportation methods.The article analyzes the lying problems and restricting factors in thedevelopment of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation. The first problem is shortage of funds put into inland waterway construction. The second one is lack of comprehensive utilization of water resources. The third one is that lies in the defects in management system of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation. The fouth is lies in the outdated technical appliances and bad fundamental facilities, which restricts the full play of advantage of inland waterway transportation as a whole.The article deals with the thinking and strategy for the development of the Zhujiang River's waterway transportation. On the basis of analysis and study of the problems lying in the Zhujiang River's waterway transportation development, and combining with the reality of the Zhujiang River's waterway transportation and market economy's requirements, this chapter puts forward the implementation of the strategy of 'The West Big Exploitation ' and sustainable development, amending and formulating the overall scheme for the development of Zhujiang River's waterway transportation and investigating countermeasures and methods for speeding up the development of the Zhujiang River's waterway transportation, making good comprehensive use of water resources, smoothing relationship between river's constructor and management authority, establishing integrated management organization for the valley's water resources, putting greater investment of funds into fundamental facilities in inland waterway, bringing into full play of inland waterway transportation, speeding up standardization of ship's form and steps of information construction, improving competition ability of waterway transportation by the progress in science and technology, deepening reform in management system and setting up a waterway transportation market of openness, fairness and standard.The article gives the futu...