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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:17
Ningbo Port is maintaining a steady growth despite the economic slowdown, data issued by the port's operator showed. Ningbo Port saw a cargo throughput of 39.5 million tons in September, a year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent, and a container throughput of 1.47 million TEUs, an increase of 16.5 percent year-on-year. The total container throughput in 2012 hit 11.97 million TEUs, an increase of 8 percent over the previous year, leading China's other ports in terms of growth rate.
Facing the complicated economic situation at home and abroad, Ningbo Port accelerated the pace of transformation and upgrading, and enlarged cargo canvassing network. All of the four major types cargo it handles (coal, crude oil, ores, liquid chemicals) registered growth on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, Ningbo Port makes effort to boost the development of the port container transportation by seeking cooperation with large shipping companies and big customers. The port also promotes their service by opening new routes and adding more flights. Ningbo Port has currently a total of 235 container routes, with 1,600 container flights per month. Data shows, 70 percent of the total container throughput was contributed by ocean routes, which marks Ningbo Port is turning to be a top port on ocean routes.
Plus, Ningbo Port is improving the service efficiency of container operations. On September 4, Beilun Terminal once again refreshed the world record maintained by the Ningbo Port by loading/unloading 235 containers per hour, or three containers per minute. Ningbo Port has been maintaining its first place in the efficiency rankings released by the world largest shipping company Maersk since last October.
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 15 October 2012 09:04
Statistics show that in the 8 festival holidays, the number of tourists the major scenic spots in Yinzhou received amounts to 942,400, 30.47% more than the same period in the previous year; and the income from tourism totals 571 million yuan, making new highs in both the total of tourists and the total of income.
On October 1, the district over 20,000 cars of self driving tourists, and this number covers 70% of the total of tourists going to the scenic spots. The occupancy rate of hotels is over 80%.
In the first three days during the National Day holiday week, self driving travelers swarmed to such scenic spots as Wulongtan, Tiantong Temple, Ningbo Museum, Tiangong Fazenda and Qinshuiwan Farmers' Inn. On October 2 alone, Tiantong Scenic Spot received about 10,000 cars of self drivers, some coming from Jiangsu, Shanghai, Fujian and even from Shandong.
Thanks to the policy support, Yinzhou has 20 museums that open for free to tourists. During the National Day festival holiday week, Ningbo (Yinzhou) Museum hosted the Exhibition of China Photoxylographical Printing Works and the exhibition of dinosaurs together with interactive activities. Ningbo Clothes Museum and and the Zizhufang Arts Gallery had continuous streams of visitors.
Statistics show that in the eight days, Ningbo (Yinzhou) Museum received 72,2000 visitors. Wanda Plaza had 88,000 visitors, with the business income reaching about 100 million yuan.
In the week, the farmers' inns in the district received 86,000 tourists.
The old revolutionary bases were favored by a large number of tourists. According to incomplete statistics, the revolutionary bases like Siming Mountain Cemetery of Revolutionary Martyrs and others received 50,000 visitors
