In 2011, the throughput of cargo the Port of Ningbo handled reached 433 million tonnes, hitting a historical new high, reported China Business News.
The annual handling capacity of containers reached 14.51 million TEUs, ranking it No.3 among mainland ports and No.6 in the world.
In the past five years, the Port of Ningbo has put greatest investment in infrastructures, resulting in notable increase in the comprehensive economic power and internal and international competitiveness.
In 2008, the Port of Ningbo started its strategy of turning itself into a powerful international port. In the year, the throughput of containers reached 10 million standard containers, becoming one of the four ports of China whose annual throughput reached 10 million containers.
From 2006 to 2011, the cargo-handling capacity of the port increased from 310 million tonnes to 430 million tonnes, and the throughput of containers increased from seven million TEUs to 14.5 million TEUs.
From 2007, the Port of Ningbo extended its business to the mainland building dry ports to expand its capacity of collecting goods in the mainland. So far, the dry ports in Jinhua, Yiwu, Shaoxing, Quzhou, Shangrao and Yingtan have been built and put in operation. In 2011, the port handled 218,000 standard containers from the dry ports, an increase of 95 percent over the previous year.
The annual handling capacity of containers reached 14.51 million TEUs, ranking it No.3 among mainland ports and No.6 in the world.
In the past five years, the Port of Ningbo has put greatest investment in infrastructures, resulting in notable increase in the comprehensive economic power and internal and international competitiveness.
In 2008, the Port of Ningbo started its strategy of turning itself into a powerful international port. In the year, the throughput of containers reached 10 million standard containers, becoming one of the four ports of China whose annual throughput reached 10 million containers.
From 2006 to 2011, the cargo-handling capacity of the port increased from 310 million tonnes to 430 million tonnes, and the throughput of containers increased from seven million TEUs to 14.5 million TEUs.
From 2007, the Port of Ningbo extended its business to the mainland building dry ports to expand its capacity of collecting goods in the mainland. So far, the dry ports in Jinhua, Yiwu, Shaoxing, Quzhou, Shangrao and Yingtan have been built and put in operation. In 2011, the port handled 218,000 standard containers from the dry ports, an increase of 95 percent over the previous year.