Strategies for High Quality Development of Smart Inland Shipping in Zhejiang Province Based on “Four-Port Linkage”

Abstract Currently Zhejiang ports have gradually changed from large-scale expansion to high-quality upgrading development, and pay attention the integrated development with railway, aviation, highway other transportation modes. In 2019, Province proposed a new pattern of “Four-port Linkage” seaports (including inland ports) as leader, dry basis, airports characteristics infoport link, in which improving basic service system sea-river intermodal transport optimizing waterway network for are important contents, cooperate requirements national outline shipping. With navigation series high-grade channels such Hangpingshen Canal, Qiantang River, Hangzhou-Ningbo Canal Oujiang goal shipping revival “Upgrading north, unblocking south, opening east revitalizing west” has been basically realized, all 11 cities province connected river sea. emergence modern information technologies big data, IoT 5G rapid multimodal transport, smart greets opportunities. This paper discusses strategy help shipping, perspectives developing comprehensive data platform system, promoting linkage systems across provinces cities, suggesting typical projects.