On the morning of January 4, 2024, Zhejiang Seaport Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., Ningbo CIMC Logistics Equipment Co., Ltd., and East Shipping Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. officially signed the "Container Direct Leasing Business Agreement" in Ningbo, marking the opening of Zhejiang Seaport The Group and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group launched their first container financial leasing business.

The implementation of the new financing and direct leasing model of shipping containers allows entities in the port and shipping industry to obtain the funds needed to carry out business with a lower initial investment, thereby equipping them with the required containers to meet the business expansion needs of entities. The successful implementation of this model will not only win benefits for Zhejiang-Gang Financial Leasing Company, but will also effectively drive the healthy development of upstream and downstream enterprises in the port and shipping industry chain.
As a wholly state-owned financial leasing company affiliated to Zhejiang Seaport Group, Zhejiang Seaport Financial Leasing Company has continued to adjust its business structure, deepened the integration of industry and finance, and focused on innovation-driven development since last year. It has successively opened up Zhejiang Seaport Group's "first second-hand ship transaction" Direct leasing, financial leasing of the first oil and chemical ship" and other new business areas, successfully realized the "Action Plan for the World-class Strong Port Construction Project (2023-2027) of Zhejiang Seaport Group and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group" on "Realization and Exploration in 2023" Oil and gas tanker financial leasing business, striving to achieve the goal of full coverage of the three mainstream ship types.
At the beginning of the new year, in order to further implement the requirements of the "Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Group and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group's World-class Strong Port Construction Project (2023-2027) Action Plan" on "promoting the construction of the port collection and distribution system", Zhejiang Port Financial Leasing Company relies on With the advantages of Zhejiang Provincial Seaport Group's port and shipping information flow, cargo flow, capital flow and other resource distribution centers, it has an in-depth understanding, analysis and judgment of the market potential of container financial leasing business, and carefully planned container financial leasing business plans, taking "steady development as the bottom line and mutual benefit" "Based on a win-win situation and with the goal of helping the group build a high-quality development demonstration zone for sea-rail intermodal transport", we actively researched the business model of container financial leasing, established a "new model of direct financing and leasing of shipping containers" and successfully implemented it.