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World's "largest ship" docks at the "largest port"

Recently, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has attracted "cargo kings" from the sea to berth.

On July 5, the 400000 ton ore carrier "Brazil" slowly docked at berth 1 of the Shulanghu Ore Transfer Terminal in Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, marking that all 68 of the world's largest 400000 ton ore carriers have docked at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port. In April this year, berth 4 of the container terminal in the Chuanshan Port area also welcomed the world's largest container ship, the "Mediterranean Irina".

The popularity of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port is inseparable from the "smart" guarantee provided by Ningbo Customs for overtime work.

It is reported that Beilun Customs, under the jurisdiction of Ningbo Customs, innovatively uses a contactless ship health quarantine system. Through remote video monitoring, crew members are arranged to take temperature measurements in batches according to

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Collecting 68 biggest mining ships in the world,

 the world's largest port sets a new record

At about 12 noon on July 5, under the “guard” of several tugboats, the world's largest 400,000-ton mining ship “Brazil” slowly docked at berth 1 of the Ningbo Zhoushan Port ShulanghuOre Transfer Terminal, announcing that Ningbo Zhoushan Port set a record for the arrival of all 68 of the world's largest mining ships.

“The largest ship is not rare, the rare is the 'Grand Slam'.” The relevant person in charge of Ningbo Zhoushan Port said with a smile.

As the world's largest port in terms of cargo throughput, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has always been a popular “check-in place” for the largest ships of all kinds. Prior to this, the world's largest 400,000-ton mining vessel, Ningbo Zhoushan Port Shulanghu Lake ore transit terminal has received and unloaded more than 300 times, and the cumulative iron ore throughput has exceeded 300 million tons, which can fill more than 5,000 standard football fields. In addition, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has also received and unloaded the world's largest oil tanker “Taiou” for many times, and successively received the world's largest container ship “Changfan”, “Mediterranean Irina” and “Mediterranean Michel Cappellini”, frequently breaking records.

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The total import and export volume of Ningbo port in the first two months this year reached ¥351.47 billion

According to the statistics of Ningbo Customs, the import and export of Ningbo Port in the first two months of this year reached 351.47 billion yuan, up 1.2% from the same period last year, 2 percentage points higher than the national level. The export amounted to 250.49 billion yuan, a slight decrease of 0.4%; The import was 100.98 billion yuan, up 5.2%, 8.1 percentage points higher than the national level.

In the first two months, the import and export of Ningbo Port to countries along the "the Belt and Road" reached 121.84 billion yuan, up 6.4%, accounting for 34.7% of the total import and export of ports in the same period, up 1.7 percentage points; Import and export to other members of the RCEP reached 70.63 billion yuan, up 9.1%, accounting for 20.1%, up 1.5 percentage points. The import and export to the EU and the United States

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Ningbo Strives to Become a National Sea-rail Intermodal Transport High-quality Development Demonstration Zone

The Jinyong Railway will be completed within this year, and the double-decker container train will be put into trial operation between Ningbo and Jinhua in the future... Yesterday, it was learned from the city's sea-rail combined transport development work conference that Ningbo will promote the leapfrog development of sea-rail intermodal transport through the implementation of six major projects, and strive to become a national sea-rail intermodal transport high-quality development demonstration zone.

Let the goods take the train from the hinterland city to Ningbo Zhoushan Port, and then ship to the world, which is both environmentally friendly and punctual, and can also save a sum on freight after achieving normal operation. In recent years, China's cities have vigorously developed sea-rail combined transport, and Ningbo is at the forefront, with 1.452 million TEUs completed last year, a year-on-year increase of 20.6%, ranking second in the country's coastal ports. This year, the city's sea-rail combined transport has set a new goal: the container volume will exceed 1.6 million TEU, the normalized operation of trains will reach 25, the total number of dry ports will be 36, and the sea-rail intermodal transport

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