According to production express data, as of 18:00 on December 28, Ningbo Zhoushan Port’s cumulative container throughput in 2023 has exceeded 35 million TEUs, reaching 35.05 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%, becoming the third annual container volume in the world. The port with a capacity of over “35 million boxes” further demonstrates its status as a global hub port.
The container throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port has maintained a rapid growth trend in the past few years. Since the beginning of the year, in the face of the complex and ever-changing global trade environment, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has continued to build a strategic fulcrum for domestic large circulation and a strategic hub for domestic and international dual circulation by virtue of its superior geographical location, complete facilities and efficient services to serve the national strategy. , regional economy, global customers.
Today, more than 300 container routes pass through here, including more than 250 international routes and 130 "Belt and Road" routes, running through five continents and four oceans, and weaving more than 600 ports in more than 200 countries and regions into a network, forming a A huge network of maritime trade routes that connects the world. More than 100 sea-rail combined transport lines are gathered here, including 25 scheduled trains. The business covers 16 provinces and 65 prefecture-level cities across the country, and 36 inland dry ports have been built to form a "Northern connection with the ancient Silk Road, Zhonghui" The three major logistics channels of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Thousand-mile South-to-South Zhejiang-Ganxi Line, Hong Kong’s cumulative sea-rail combined transport volume this year has exceeded 1.65 million TEUs, effectively promoting inter-regional connectivity and economic and trade cooperation.
In order to improve the operational efficiency and competitiveness of the port, Ningbo Zhoushan Port is actively expanding its logistics network and hinterland cargo sources, while continuously increasing investment in infrastructure construction and introducing advanced loading and unloading equipment. Meishan Port Area No. 6 to No. 10 Container Terminal Project , Jintang Port Area Dapukou Container Terminal Phase II Project has been completed and put into operation. Ningbo Zhoushan Port has become the only port in the world with dual "10 million box-level" single container terminals. At the same time, Ningbo Zhoushan Port actively promotes the construction of smart ports, optimizes port management through information technology, improves service levels, and puts into use the world's only dual 400,000-ton offshore automated bulk cargo terminal and the world's only single-unit automated mixed line operation with over 10 million tons. The container terminal demonstration project further unleashes the potential of terminal operations. According to statistics, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has called more than 350 container ships of 20,000 TEUs and above this year, and has received and unloaded nearly 50 of the world's largest 400,000-ton ore ships.
Ningbo Zhoushan Port has accelerated the development of the entire oil and gas industry chain and strived to improve the comprehensive strength of modern logistics services. In June this year, it completed the first bonded LNG bunkering business for an international sailing ship, becoming one of the few in the world with the ability to provide "ship-to-ship" simultaneous LNG bunkering services. The port has since completed the country's first offshore dual-fuel bunkering business for a bulk carrier and the country's first offshore biofuel oil bunkering business for a container ship, achieving a major breakthrough in ship maritime services and green shipping services, further consolidating the world's fourth largest The status of a major refueling port has helped Ningbo and Zhoushan rank 9th in the ranking of global international shipping center cities.