Ningbo's first quarter container throughput increases 21.6pc

EAST China's Port of Ningbo lifted 3.36 million TEU of containers during the first three months, up 21.6 per cent year on year, six per cent above the national average, ensuring its place as China's third largest port, Xinhua reports.


In this period, the port's cargo tonnage grew 10.8 per cent to over 100 million tonnes, equivalent to the year 2000's entire throughput, said Ningbo Port Group CEO Li Linghong.


By the end of March, there were 230 container shipping lines calling at Ningbo, offering 1,200 sailings per month, up 22.8 per cent over the same time last year.


During the first quarter, the feeder line from Ningbo to Jiaxing's port of Zhapu recorded a container movement of 74,000 TEU, up 57.6 per cent. Port of Zhapu's monthly laden container export via Ningbo rocketed 143.5 per cent to 40 million TEU on average. Ningbo-Wenzhou feeder line achieved a volume of 12,000 TEU in this period, surpassing the annual volume of last year.


Ningbo's sea-rail intermodal container volume surged 340 per cent to 10,000 TEU. Laden export containers from Jiangxi via Ningbo increased 136 per cent to 2,305 TEU.
(Source:http://www.schednet.com)