Cargo throughout at Ningbo Port achieves 453 million tons

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:46

Ningbo Port has quickened its transformation and upgrading, bringing a steady growing throughout. With an increasing rate of 4.5% in 2012, Ningbo Port handles over 453 million tons of cargoes, third in China Mainland and among the first five in the world. With an increasing rate of 8%, the TEU throughout is 15.67 million, third in China Mainland and among the first six in the world.

Despite the steady growth, the growing rate is slower, with that of cargo throughout and TEU throughout over the same period decreasing by 0.62% and 3.61% respectively. This can be attributed to the economic slowdown in 2012 China.

To further promote the container business, Ningbo Port has enlarged its navigation routes and sailings. With greater cooperation with ship companies, Ningbo Port now has 235 navigation routes and 1,400 sailings every month.

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Employers in Beilun District book group train tickets for employees

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:36

With the Spring Festival drawing near, local businesses owners in Shanxia Sub-district of Beilun District, together with their chiefs of the trade unions, went to Ningbo East Railway Station and booked group train tickets for their migrant workers for the coming Spring Festival.

It is reported that Shanxia Sub-district has 137 companies employing more than 10,000 migrant workers. Every year the migrant workers would face the difficulty of buying train tickets for Spring Festival travel. Now, the community and trade union will put joint efforts to give a hand for migrant workers in buying train tickets. The considerate move made many migrant employees feel warm.

Over a hundred local companies in the sub-district has collected ticket information of their migrant employees and assigned a different number of tickets booking tasks to their managing staff. The related personnel timely informed their workers of the ticket booking information through QQ and microblogs. They will strive to make it convenient for migrant workers to get tickets during the coming Spring Festival.

Xiangshan used invasive plant for mushroom growing medium

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 09:37

Ningbo's Xiangshan County recently succeeded in using solidago canadensis, an invasive plant, for growing medium for mushrooms. In the past year, Xiangshan County used more than 100 tons of the plant for agricultural use.

Solidago canadensis was introduced to China as an ornamental plant in 1935, and then it escaped into the wild. Due to its fast growth and prolific reproduction, it kills other vegetation and endangers local ecosystems and plants. Therefore, it is known as "eco-killer" and "flower king". In recent years, local governments started to give manpower and financial support in the prevention and control of the invasive plant.

In 2010, the Plant Protection Station of Xiangshan County began to explore the ecological prevention and control test on solidago canadensis. Their test showed that the plant is non-toxic and the protein it contains is as high as 22.28 percent in April and more than 12 percent in July. It can be used as livestock feed for rabbits, sheep, and cattle. However, the measure did not solve the environmental threaten brought by solidago canadensis completely.

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Swimming on the New Year's Day

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Category: Ningbo District

Published: Monday, 07 January 2013 10:41

21 winter swimmers of Fenghua City of Ningbo are swimming in the Shanxi River in Xikou, to celebrate the New Year.

And Matthew Galat and his friends did it in the Moon Lake in Ningbo City.!! :-)