MARIEL, Cuba, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Giant Chinese-built cranes briskly unload shipping containers from cargo ships at Cuba's deep-water port of Mariel, a fledgling special economic zone the country hopes will drive development over the coming years.
China, Cuba's second largest trading partner, is playing a key role in helping the Caribbean island country to make Mariel live up to its promise.
WORLD-CLASS TERMINAL
The Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co. (ZPMC), a global leader in port equipment, has provided the Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) with four ship-to-shore gantry cranes (STS), 12 rubber tiered gantry cranes (RTGs) and two rail mounted gantry cranes (RMGs).
As business picks up at Mariel, the company will increase the number of state-of-the-art cranes to 24 STS and 72 RTGs, increasing the unloading capacity from 800,000 containers to 3 million.
As global trade grows, Cuba is betting on its strategically located port to become a hub for companies doing business with the Caribbean, Central America and other parts of Latin America.
The deep-water port is part of Mariel, which also features a duty-free zone and an industrial park with modern facilities and business-friendly tax breaks.
The Cuban government has pledged to guarantee an average investment of 300 U.S. million dollars a year in Mariel, Oscar Perez-Oliva, Mariel's business assessment director, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
The 702 meters long and 14.3 meters deep port can accommodate today's super-sized cargo ships, which transit from Asia through the Panama Canal, and expects to become a major container loading and unloading center for other destinations in the region.
The cranes, as well as the technological support provided by Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, make the Mariel Container Terminal one of the world's most modern and efficient container terminals.
Each container is identified with a number, and is weighed and scanned with a state-of-the-art system to determine its contents, as part of a so-called "non-intrusive inspection" procedure done at most leading terminals around the globe.
CHINESE INVESTORS
While these Chinese companies have been key contributors to the construction of Cuba's landmark project, other Chinese companies are also expected to enter Mariel, producing goods or providing services.
"There are interested companies that we are working with on different projects and we hope this year we will see a Chinese company present in our zone as a user," said Perez-Oliva.
"Various delegations from our special economic zone and other institutions have made promotional visits to China to meet with representatives of different companies and jointly assess the possibility of establishing Chinese investment in the area as soon as possible," he said.
Mariel officials are working with the Chinese investors in "maturing" projects in the areas of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and industrial production, according to the director.
He also noted that "there are several advanced negotiations with Chinese investors to set up operations in the area in different forms, either through joint ventures or as 100-percent foreign owned companies."
China is Cuba's second largest trading partner behind Venezuela, with bilateral trade surpassing 2 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
Numerous Chinese companies are involved in multiple sectors of Cuba's economy, particularly in industry, technology, transportation, biotechnology, agricultural machinery, household appliances and textiles.
国庆节作文:英语作文
国庆节作文:英语作文
中考英语作文复习之“体育篇”
中考英语写作注意事项
中考作文题分类整理及回顾
中考英语十五个经典句型帮你过写作关
庆祝十一国庆节英语作文:Beijing Olympic Games
专家指导:中考英语作文的四大误区
十一国庆节作文:迎国庆英语作文
关于国庆节作文:国庆节啲英语作文
迎国庆英语作文
国庆英语作文300词:National Day is coming
中考英语写作素材 “雨”滴英语成语
非看不可的中考高分英语写作六类句子
中考英语作文关注时事范文:环保
有关教师节的英语小短文800字范文
中考英语写作技巧:英语写作要诀
名师指导:走出中国式英语作文误区
教师节英语作文:感谢之情
关于教师节的英语作文:Appreciate to meet you
关于国庆节的英语作文:A GRAND flag-raising ceremony
中秋节英语作文:团圆中秋
有关国庆节的英语作文:国庆节
有关中秋节英语作文:中秋节的传说
考试中英语写作提高5分的10个“魔鬼句型”
中考英语作文关注时事范文:上海世博会
中考英语写作素材 二十四节气的译法
中考英语作文关注时事范文:玉树地震
中考英语作文关注时事范文:H1N1流感
中考英语写作技巧:怎样使文章有亮点
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |