Data from the Zhejiang Port and Shipping Management Center shows that in the first three quarters of this year, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port handled 1.05 billion metric tons of cargo, marking a 3.4 percent increase year-on-year, and had a container throughput of 29.52 million twenty-foot equivalent units, with 8.3 percent year-on-year increase.

Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, located in Ningbo and Zhoushan cities – on the coast of the East China Sea, in East China's Zhejiang province – ranks first globally in cargo throughput for the 15th consecutive year.

Shipping research institutions show that Ningbo-Zhoushan's cargo throughput of over a billion tons in nine months outstripped even the world's second-largest port which handled 842 million tons of cargo for all of 2023.

Since the start of the year, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has strengthened its transport network. It has enhanced transport capacity by collaborating with major international shipping lines, serving over 300 routes.

Additionally, the port has expanded its logistics system westward, developing domestic markets and expanding its multimodal transport network.

In the first three quarters, the port's sea-rail intermodal container services saw high-quality development, with scheduled trains increasing to 26, covering 67 prefecture-level cities in 16 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities.