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.
Business in the hinterland also progresses steadily. The TEU throughout for domestic trade in 2012 is 1.56 million, increasing by 15.9%. Containers transported by rail-water-way reach 597,000, increasing by 15.9%.
With improvement of feeder routes and increase of transferred containers, containers by the feeder routes become 83.87% more than that of last year, increasing at a rate 61.8% higher than that of last year. TEU by the feeder routes increase by 458,700, 39.58% of the yearly increase.
Coal throughout, rather low in the off season and not very high in the peak period, is 66.31 million tons, with an increasing rate of 1.08% over the same period of last year. The iron ore throughout, however, increases rapidly because of working efficiency improvement and utilization of the Beilun-Taicang transfer system. A total of 82.18 million tons of iron ore have been handled, increasing at 14.56%.
Liquid chemicals throughout increase at 7.7% to 8.3 million tons as domestic chemical markets turn better in the next half year. Bulk cargo throughout increase steadily with more than 10,000 cars exported by roll-on-roll ships.
