Port of Ningbo to handle 16 million containers
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Monday, 30 December 2013 14:14
According to Ningbo Port Co., Ltd., by December 13, the Port of Ningbo has handled 16,040,000 standard containers, up by 6.7% year on year.
Despite the flagging global economy, and the slumping situation of the shipping market home and abroad, Port of Ningbo still holds its advantageous position. It has made great efforts to explore the inland market, and optimized the feeder lings. This year, the integrated railway and shipping transport reaches 100,000 standard containers. Meanwhile, Benefitted by the favorable policy of expanding the domestic demand and maintaining the steady growth, the Port of Ningbo further enhanced the freight transfer platform, explored the inland river shipping, so as to expand the business of container shipping for domestic trade.
In this year, Port of Ningbo further adjusted the layout of the shipping lines, giving priority to Ningbo Port. By the end of November, Ningbo Port has 234 container shipping lines, including 117 international ocean-going lines. These measures have strengthened the position of Ningbo Port as an international pivotal port.
This year, the Port of Ningbo has steadily improved its services. From January to November this year, of the 10 container ports of the world that Maersk takes, Port of Ningbo ranks No.1 for its efficiency.
