ʻOiai ke kaomi ʻia nei nā awa kūloko a me nā awa ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā ipu, ua kūʻē ke awa ʻo Beibu Gulf ma ka ʻāina kūʻokoʻa ʻo Guangxi Zhuang ma Kina Hema i ke ʻano ma hope o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka nui o nā ipu i Ianuali, wahi a kāna mea hoʻokele.
Wahi a ka ʻike hou loa i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka Beibu Gulf Port Group i helu ʻia ma Shenzhen, ua hōʻea ka nui o nā ipu i loko o ke awa i 558,100 mau ʻāpana like 20-kapuaʻi i kēia mahina, he piʻi aʻe he 15 pakeneka i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka makahiki.
Ua hana ikaika ke awa e ʻimi i nā kumu lako ma ke komohana o Kina i ka wā e hoʻokuke ʻia ai i mua nā ala halihali hou ma ka ʻāina a me ke kai ma ka ʻāina a me ka ʻaelike hui hoʻokele waiwai piha ʻāpana, wahi a ka hui.
Ma muli o ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19, ka nāwaliwali o ke koi kūwaho a me nā haʻalulu geopolitical, ua hāʻule ka nui o nā ipu ma nā awa nui o nā ʻāina ʻē e like me Singapore i ka 4.9% makahiki-ma-makahiki i 2.99 miliona TEU i Ianuali, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 726,014 TEU ma ke awa o Los Angeles ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e like me ka ʻike i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e PortNews, kahi mea hoʻolako nūhou honua no ka hoʻouna ʻana a me ke awa. Ua emi kēlā i ka 16 pakeneka mai ka makahiki i hala.
Ke kū nei nā kūlanakauhale awa nui ma nā ʻāpana ʻo Yangtze River Delta a me Pearl River Delta ma Kina i nā pilikia like. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻolaha koke aku nei ke awa ʻo Ningbo-Zhoushan ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Zhejiang a me ke awa ʻo Guangzhou ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Guangdong i nā wānana haʻahaʻa no Ianuali. ʻAʻole i loaʻa kā lākou mau helu hana hope loa no ka mahina.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ala o nā awa kūloko ma nā ʻāina ʻelua i nā mākeke ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lei Xiaohua, he mea noiʻi ma ka Guangxi Academy of Social Sciences ma Nanning, ʻo ka emi ʻana o ke koi waiwai i kēia manawa ma kēia mau mākeke ua alakaʻi i ka emi ʻana o ka lawe ʻana o nā ipu.—–Nā ʻĀpana Hoʻokoe ESCO 18S (forging)