内河水路运输自古有之,在中华五千年历史文明中发挥着极为重要的作用,中国古代城市大多依水而建就足以说明水运是中国古代经济必不可少的组成部分。但长期以来中国内河水路运输只承担着“运输”这项单一的职能,而且运输速度慢,水陆运输网络衔接差,受地理环境和运输对象限制,严重制约了中国内河水路运输的发展。随着全球经济一体化进程的不断加快,国际贸易数量显著增长,内河航运企业迎来了快速发展的机遇,内河航运作为远洋运输的起点和终点、各种物流要素的结合点和重要信息的交汇点,集商品流、信息流、资金流和人才流于一体,正在由“运输中心” Inland waterway transport has existed since ancient times and plays an extremely important role in the five thousand years of Chinese history and civilization. Most of the ancient Chinese cities were built according to the water, which is enough to show that water transport is an indispensable part of the ancient Chinese economy. However, for a long time, China’s inland waterway transport only undertakes the single function of “transport”, and its slow transportation speed, poor land-water transport network connection, limited geographical environment and transport objects have severely restricted the development of China’s inland waterway transport. With the continuous acceleration of the process of global economic integration and the remarkable increase in the volume of international trade, the inland shipping enterprises have witnessed the rapid development opportunities. As the starting point and end point of the ocean shipping, the combination of various logistics elements and important information Point, set the flow of goods, information flow, capital flow and talent flow in one by the “Transportation Center”