Smooth the "last mile" of logistics and promote the transformation of railway freight to modern logistics

In land port, Nanchang, all kinds of containers are full of "made in Jiangxi" machinery spare parts, electrical appliances and other goods. Hu Shijie/photo

The special railway line located in Jiangxi coal reserve center is carrying out coal loading operation. Construction force/photo

Qiu Zhiwei, the connector of Biwahu Station in Jiujiang Railway Depot, is carrying out shunting operation. Construction force/photo
On November 23rd, two gantry cranes moved back and forth in land port, yingtan, Jiangxi Province, and freight trains kept coming and going, which was a busy scene. On the third lane, accompanied by a long whistle, 11 containers of fertilizer were set off from land port, yingtan, and transported to Beilun Port, Zhejiang Province for boarding. In Lane 8, 53 containers full of electric coal have just been transported from Jingbian North Station to land port, yingtan, and will be sent to Guixi Thermal Power Plant in Jiangxi after dispatching.
Chen Han, a technician from Guixi North Station, is engrossed in checking the loading plan of the next batch of goods in land port, yingtan. "yingtan land port has many kinds of goods and all kinds of goods. It is connected with Guixi North Station through a special railway line, and undertakes the storage and transit functions of production materials such as copper, aluminum and other non-ferrous metals, hardware and building materials in northeastern Jiangxi, as well as bulk goods. Different goods have different requirements. There is absolutely no room for loss in freight loading." Chen Han said.
Activating "nerve endings" to maintain the stability of industrial supply chain
Since the establishment of Guixi North Station where Chen Han worked in 1985, it has been serving the special railway of Guixi Smelter of Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.. Special railway line and special railway are both railway branches managed by enterprises or other units, which mainly serve the internal transportation of enterprises. Special railway has its own power and means of transportation, while special railway line is just a line, and the transportation power uses the power of the railway connected with it. "Dedicated lines and dedicated railways are worthy of the name in the railway network ‘ Capillary ’ And ‘ Nerve endings ’ Their transportation capacity depends on whether we can dispatch scientifically, load reasonably and ship in time. " Chen Han said.
"Although the line is not long, it plays a big role." Chen Han told reporters that as an important facility to realize "door-to-door" railway transportation, the special railway line is an effective means to implement the national adjustment of transportation structure and promote the "revolution of iron" in bulk cargo transportation, and it plays an important role in accelerating the adjustment and upgrading of transportation structure and building a green and low-carbon logistics system.
"No.0 and No.2 enter the gear (the gap between railway vehicles and vehicles, the position of vehicle connection — — Reporter’s Note) Homework. " "No.2 entered the gear operation, and No.0 understood." In the yard of Xinyu Station in Yichun Railway Depot, the linkman wears a waist-clearing walkie-talkie and is running back and forth between tracks. I saw that he quickly entered the car stall, bent down, bowed his head, exhausted the air, and took off the pipe, and organized a freight train full of iron ore for handover.
"The re-inspection of 48,237 trains on 14 tracks was completed and the inspection was normal." Twenty minutes later, 50 iron ore freight trains weighing 4,500 tons honked their horns and headed for the delivery yard of Yangfang Station of Xinyu Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.’ s special railway.
There are 40 trains and nearly 900 cars passing in and out between Xinyu Station and Yangfang Station every day, which is directly related to the cargo handling capacity of stations such as Xiangtang West Station and Yingtan Station in the east. "My job is to relocate vehicles scattered in different lanes as required ‘ Spell ’ Together, just like the gears of the engine, it is related to whether the whole machine can operate normally. " Dai Qingqing said.
Dai Qingqing, 24, graduated from East China Jiaotong University. This is his third year of work. Compared with his ignorance when he first joined the work, he is now able to be independent and skillfully complete shunting operations.
"The amount of homework today is a bit large, so we should speed up the action without delay!" Dai climbed the escalator clearly and quickly, and arranged the vehicles bound for Yangfang Station in the station. Yangfang delivery yard is a delivery yard specially serving Xinyu Iron and Steel Plant, and most of the goods transported are iron ore and coal.
Night falls slowly. "The 48238 train leaves from Yangfang Station and connects to Xinyu Station." The password issued by the shunting commander rang again in the intercom, which was Dai Qingqing’s last homework in the day shift. Dai Qingqing tightened the walkie-talkie tightly around her waist and hurried to the operation field. After a day shift, Dai Qingqing and his colleagues completed more than 20 picking and hanging operations for goods trains on special lines. The reporter noticed that the oil stains on Dai Qingqing’s work clothes were mottled, black in the east and black in the west. "If you get used to it, you will inevitably meet it. Just go back to the dormitory and wash it." Dai Qingqing didn’t care. "The more you transport, the better the economy. It’s nothing to get dirty and tired."
According to Hu Jianhui, director of steel distribution in Xinyu Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., the Yangfang junction provided strong support for the company’s steel transportation. "About 3,000 tons of goods can be transported by railway, and you can enjoy the railway ‘ A bite price ’ The downward freight rate policy can save 4-6 yuan per ton. After one year, it is expected to save four or five million logistics costs, which is unmatched by highways in terms of traffic volume and cost control. "
Provide "customized services" and build a modern logistics pattern
"Liu Gong, when are you free to come to our special line? Recently, we have recruited some new employees and would like to trouble you to give them a lesson." On November 20th, next to the special railway of Fangda Special Steel Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingyunpu Scenic Resort Station of Nanchang Locomotive Depot, Liu Kangkang was carrying out inspection work when he suddenly received a phone call from Miao Guorong, the representative of Fangda Special Steel Station.
Liu Kangkang is a 90-year-old freight section of Nanchang Train Depot. He has been in the business for 7 years. In the eyes of many shippers, he is a "little expert" who can solve all difficulties. On February 12, when Liu Kangkang visited Fangda Special Steel Company, he learned that a batch of subsidiary products coal tar needed to be transported to other places. "This year, coal tar has just been listed in the national hazardous waste list. If it needs to be transported abroad, it needs to be filled in ‘ Tripartite list of hazardous waste transfer ’ However, due to the unclear technical conditions of transportation, it has been unable to declare success, and the transportation of coal tar has been forced to enter a state of suspension, and customers are particularly anxious. " Liu Kangkang still remembers the scene at that time.
Only when raw materials are transported in and products and waste residue are transported out can the company operate normally. Liu Kangkang consulted relevant laws and regulations as soon as he returned to the unit, and immediately reported the relevant situation to the higher authorities. "I also went to the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment for consultation with the owner, only to know that the relevant laws and regulations did not put forward specific requirements for railway transportation and lacked operability, so the information of the hazardous waste transfer supervision platform could not be recorded." Liu Kangkang did not give up. At the end of March, he contacted the Shanghai Railway Supervision Bureau and asked it to coordinate and strive for policy and technical support from the ecological environment department.
When interpreting the policies, measures and standards in cooperation with relevant government departments, Liu Kangkang straightened out the contradiction of railway transportation of hazardous waste coal tar, and found that the coal tar of Fangda Special Steel met the exemption conditions, and it was not necessary to apply for a business license, but only needed to apply to the environmental protection department and go through relevant procedures.
"But there is no precedent for transporting coal tar at the station. We can only learn from our brothers in other provinces." I don’t know how many phone calls and all-nighters, Liu Kangkang provided Fangda Special Steel with a compliant and effective coal tar railway transportation and loading scheme.
In Liu Kangkang’s desk drawer, there is still a thank-you note from Fangda Special Steel. On July 20th, Wei Xu, deputy general manager of Fangda Special Steel Co., Ltd., and his party made a special trip to Nanchang Locomotive Depot and sent a pennant and a thank-you letter. "The banner was given to the Shanghai Railway Supervision Administration, which came from afar to solve our difficulties. The thank-you letter was given to Xiao Liu. If it weren’t for Xiao Liu, the coal tar industry chain of our company might be broken this year." Wei Xu said.
"To retain customers, expand customer base and smooth railway freight transportation ‘ The last mile ’ It is the key, and it is also important to improve railway freight services. " Sun Hanhan, the duty officer of cargo loading at Shicuo Station in Zhangzhou Railway Depot, pays attention to the ship berthing schedule and the dynamic inventory table of the yard every day, writes and draws in the notebook, and arranges the cargo resources in the next few days.
Shicuo Station is located in the south bank of Meizhou Bay, and a special railway line is laid directly to Shage Port in Quanzhou, which is an important railway transportation channel for sending electric coal to several power plants in Jiangxi by sea-rail combined transport. The railway goes directly to the port area, and the average daily loading capacity of coal in the port area yard can reach more than 100 vehicles.
"The alignment of empty cars should be highly matched with the cargo resources. As long as there are conditions for more than one empty car, we must pack as many cars as possible to speed up the turnover of electric coal in the yard." In order to ensure the sufficient coal reserves of Jinggangshan Power Plant in Ji ‘an, Jiangxi Province during the Mid-Autumn National Day holiday this year, Sun Hanhan specially applied to the higher authorities for the Harmony 5B shunting locomotive, and the single operation capacity was increased from 2,600 tons to 3,500 tons, which solved the urgent need of burning coal for the power plant before the holiday. "When there is goods, we have to contact the car. When there is a car, we have to contact the goods. For the coal-fired trains, we give priority to picking up the car, giving priority to grouping and giving priority to shipping, so as to ensure the smooth flow of freight channels."
Open "Capillary" and Share Dedicated Lines to Optimize Transportation
On November 18th, in the special line of China Railway Materials yingtan Wood Preservation Co., Ltd., the container crane loaded the last open-top box on the train, and the open-top box full of quartz stone slowly drove out from the special line of China Railway Materials yingtan Wood Preservation Co., Ltd., and Xu Fachang, deputy section chief of the freight department of yingtan Station, finally breathed a sigh of relief and called the owner Mr. Chen: "Everything is going well here, and the goods will arrive in Ningde North within 4 days." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and rushed to another mine to introduce the transportation plan to the owner.
"The dedicated line of the anti-corrosion factory was built many years ago. At that time, it was a Class A line that only served the transportation of the anti-corrosion factory. Since last year, our station has specially designed a transformation plan for the dedicated line of the anti-corrosion factory and upgraded it to a market-oriented business line. The container front lifting capacity has also increased from 10 tons to 45 tons." Xu Fachang said that Mr. Chen’s quartz stones were marketed by them last month.
In September this year, due to the typhoon, the delivery of quartz stone from yingtan to Ningde North was blocked. The owner, Mr. Chen, called Xu Fachang to ask for information about railway transportation. "The customer requires to use the railway open-top box to directly load quartz stone in the mine, but yingtan South Railway Station does not have the lifting capacity of the open-top box for landing loading and unloading." Xu Fachang immediately contacted the special line of China Railway Materials yingtan Wood Preservation Co., Ltd., which has lifting capacity, to solve the problem of insufficient initial operation capacity.
"For a single enterprise, the construction investment cost of special railway lines is relatively high. At present, China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. is actively promoting the sharing of private lines and fully tapping the potential of private lines. " Xu Fachang introduced that enterprises sharing special lines can improve the utilization rate of special line equipment and the economic benefits of enterprises, and at the same time alleviate the financial pressure of railway special lines.
However, new problems come one after another. Several villages need to pass between the source of goods and the special line of the anti-corrosion factory, and various cables crossing the road affect the smooth flow of the road. Xu Fachang immediately contacted the local communications and electric power departments to request to raise the cable and trim the branches on both sides along the line.
"The railway transportation is affordable and the service is in place. The boys on the railway helped me solve the big problem." After the trial delivery of three cars of goods, Mr. Chen said that he was very satisfied, and now nearly 3,000 tons of goods can be transported by rail every month.
"the State Council, China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. and Jiangxi and Fujian provinces attach great importance to the construction of special railway lines, which is not only an important means to enrich the logistics service function, promote the quantity of railway freight and realize the high-quality development of railways, but also an important measure to develop multimodal transport, optimize and adjust the transportation structure and build a modern integrated transportation system." Zhang Xinhong, deputy director of the freight department of China Railway Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that China Railway Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. currently administers 220 special railway lines, and the "capillaries" in these transportation systems undertake the arrival and departure of more than 70% of the freight volume of the railways in the South Railway, and supply a steady stream of goods for the "arteries" such as Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Shanghai-Kunming Railway, and solve the "last mile" problem at both ends of the logistics chain. In 2022, the total amount of goods delivered in the South Railway was 223,122,300 tons, of which 158,014 tons were delivered by special railway lines, accounting for 70.8% of the total. "Next, we will vigorously develop special railway lines, especially accelerate the construction of special railway lines for ports, enterprises and logistics parks, and solve the problem of railway transportation ‘ The last mile ’ Problems, enhance the railway logistics service function and service ability. "
Cai Wei Wu Pengshan Zhongqing Daily Zhongqing Net reporter Zhou Wei