Sea-rail cargo volumes at Ningbo-Zhoushan port hit record high

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The Chinese port of Ningbo-Zhoushan posted 800,000 teu sea-rail cargo volumes in 2019, with a year-on-year growth of 33.3%. The increasing sea-rail container cargo volume makes the port the second largest in China’s sea-rail transportation sector following the north port of Qingdao. As of today, Ningbo-Zhoushan port operates 17 sea-rail transportation routes covering fifteen provinces, cities and regions domestically. Related: Ningbo-Zhoushan Port buys into Jiangyin Sunan container terminal In December 2019, the port commenced operation of Chuanshangang railway, which is jointly invested and constructed by Ningbo municipal government and China Railway Group. The new railway link will be able to further improve the multi-modal transportation capacity of Ningbo-Zhoushan port. Last year, Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted over 600,000 teu sea-rail cargo volume, an increase of 50% year-on-year.

Ningbo-Zhoushan to complete work on 10m teu container terminal in 2020

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China’s busiest port of Ningbo-Zhoushan is on track to complete the construction of the new 10m teu container terminal at Meishan. The port has just started the construction of the number 9 berth, which is scheduled for completion in 2020. Meishan container terminal will have 10 container berths with a maximum handling capacity of 10m teu once fully completed. The first phase project includes five berths which are opened for operation. The remaining five berths of the second phase includes two 200,000 tonne-class and three 150,000 tonne-class deepwater berths with a handling capacity of 4.3m teu. Currently, China has three 10m teu-class container terminals at Yantian, Qianwan, Qingdao and Chuanshangang. In 2018, Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted a container throughput of 26m teu in 2018, ranking third globally.

Vale strengthens cooperation with Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group

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Brazil’s Vale and China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further deepen their cooperation. The MOU will see Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group and Vale seek opportunities on cooperating on the supply of Vale’s iron ore products to Chinese customers. The two parties will also cooperation in the logistics and supply chain sectors. Vale already has a 46-year long commercial partnership with China. Mao Jianhong, party secretary of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, said that Shulanghu ore terminal achieved a rapid growth on the iron ore handling volume supported by Vale. Read more: Ningbo-Zhoushan port to add three new container berths at Jintang Currently, Ningbo Zhoushan port is the largest iron ore and crude oil transfer base in China and a storage and transit base for liquid chemicals, coal and grain. The port handled 1.08bn tonnes of cargo in 2018, an increase of 7.3% year-on-year.

Ningbo-Zhoushan port adds three new container berths at Jintang

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NINGBO-ZHOUSHAN port is to have three new container berths with the launch of the second phase construction project of Dapukou container terminal at Jintang port area. The projects calls for the construction of three of the five new container berths, including one 100,000 tonnes-class container berth and two 70,000 tonnes-class berths. The entire Jintang container terminal project consists of two 100,000 tonnes-class container berths and three 70,000 tonnes-class container berths, with a designed annual handling capacity of 2.5 million TEU. The total investment of the project is around CNY6.43 billion (US$931 million), according to Seatrade Maritime News of Colchester, UK. The first phase project for one 100,000 tonnes-class container berth and one 70,000 tonnes-class container berth were completed at the end of 2018. Jintang Dapukou container terminal launched operation in 2010 and is the first modern international container terminal at Zhoushan, which is an important project for the integration of Ningbo-Zhoushan port.

Ningbo-Zhoushan port to add three new container berths at Jintang

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Ningbo-Zhoushan port launched the second phase construction project of Dapukou container terminal at Jintang port area to build three of the five new container berths, including one 100,000 tonnes-class container berth and two 70,000 tonnes-class berths. The entire Jintang container terminal project consists of two 100,000 tonnes-class container berths and three 70,000 tonnes-class container berths, with a designed annual handling capacity of 2.5m teu. The total investment of the project is around RMB6.43bn. The first phase project for one 100,000 tonnes-class container berth and one 70,000 tonnes-class container berth were completed at the end of 2018. Jintang Dapukou container terminal, launched operation in 2010, is the first modern international container terminal at Zhoushan, which is an important project for the integration of Ningbo-Zhoushan port.

M.E.Marittima Emiliana books two chemical tankers at Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding

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China’s Ningbo Xinle Shipbuilding Group announced that the company has signed a contract with M.E.Marittima Emiliana SPA to build two 4,500 dwt chemical tankers. The chemical tanker pair will have a length of 89.99 meters, a width of 16 meters and a depth of 8.1 meters. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2020, and will be chartered to ExxonMobil. M.E. Marittima Emiliana, under the arm of Amoretti Armatori Group, provides transportation service for petroleum and chemical products with company-owned vessels. M.E. Marittima Emiliana currently has a fleet of six chemical tankers. Xinle Shipbuilding owns five subsidiaries covering shipbuilding, shipping and modern service sectors. The yard focuses on the construction of chemical tanker and other types of high-technology vessel.

Ningbo-Zhoushan port to expand handling capacity by 600,000 TEU

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CHINA's thriving Ningbo-Zhoushan port is expanding its Chuanshan port area to raise its container handling capacity by 600,000 TEU by building new berths. Chuanshan port mostly services container and bulk cargo, as well as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil products transportation, reported Ships & Ports, Lagos. The port currently has ten containers berths and its annual container throughput exceeds 10 million TEU, accounting for 40 per cent of the total container handling volume at Ningbo-Zhoushan port. Ningbo-Zhoushan port handled 26 million TEU in 2018, becoming the world's third busiest container port.  

Ningbo Zhoushan port to add container berth

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China’s fast growing Ningbo-Zhoushan port is expanding its Chuanshan port area to further increase container handling capacity. The expansion project includes a new container berths and 600,000 teu of container handling capacity will be added when the project was completed. Chuanshan port area mainly service container and bulk cargo, as well as LNG and oil products transportation. Currently, Chuanshan port area has ten containers berths, its annual container throughput exceeds 10m teu, accounting for around 40% of the total container handling volume of Ningbo-Zhoushan port. Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted a container throughput of 26m teu in 2018, becoming the world’s third largest container port.

Shanghai and Ningbo team up to boost throughput to and from Yangtze

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THE Port of Shanghai, the world's biggest container port, has announced it will cooperate with the Port of Ningbo, the world's largest port by cargo turnover, in the development, operation and management of the northern part of Xiao Yangshan port area. According to the agreement, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) and Zhejiang Seaport Investment & Operation Group will invest CNY5 billion (US$744.5 million) in Shanghai Shengdong International Container Terminals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIPG.  Following the investment, SIPG will hold 80 per cent of the joint venture with Zhejiang Seaport Group retaining the remaining 20 per cent. Up to 70 per cent of Shanghai port's throughput comes from the Yangtze River Delta region, and nearly half of the goods in Yangshan require additional transportation by water, reported the China Daily. In the operational southern side of Yangshan port, no berths are set aside for feeder vessels, which has hampered its efficiency and economic performance, said Liu Ming, a deputy general manager with a logistics company under SIPG. "Feeder ships for regional transportation have to wait for a berth to reach their destinations, which is a waste of time and money," said Zhou Dequan, a research director from the Shanghai International Shipping Institute. The northern side of Xiao Yangshan, though not as deep as the southern side, could well be developed into an international transportation hub for transition between rivers across the region, said Fang Huaijin, vice-president of Shanghai International Port Group.  

Ningbo-Zhoushan overtakes Shenzhen to be 3rd largest box port globally

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CHINA's Ningbo-Zhoushan port handled a total of 26 million TEU in 2018 to become the world's top three container port for the first time. The throughput handled by Ningbo-Zhoushan surpasses Shenzhen, which reported a throughput of 25.74 million TEU last year. To improve container throughput, Ningbo-Zhoushan port has been actively co-operating with shipping alliances on shipping routes deployment and local resources expansion and strengthening its position as a hub port for international shipping business. The port operates 246 shipping routes at the end of 2018, reports Seatrade Maritime News of Colchester, UK. The fast growing of sea-railway combined transportation in Ningbo-Zhoushan port has greatly driven the increasing of its container throughput. The port opened nine sea-railway combined routes last year, including seven routes with over 5,000 TEU volume monthly. In 2018, the port completed over 600,000 TEU sea-railway cargo volume, a growth of 50 per cent year on year. Ningbo-Zhoushan port handled 24.64 million TEU in 2017, and is also a hub port for domestic iron ore, crude oil, coal and liquid chemical products transit and storage.  

Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group joins IAPH

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THE International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) has considerably strengthened its membership base in China now that Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, manager of the Ningbo and Zhoushan port complex, has decided to join the body. The group's decision was confirmed in the wake of the Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum, which was held in Ningbo in mid-June, reported MarineLink of New York. IAPH president Santiago Garcia Mila met with Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group vice general manager Ni Chenggang at the forum to conclude the membership arrangement. "With the ever-growing impact of the Chinese Belt and Road strategy, we look forward to working together to boost trade and stimulate economic growth across Asia and beyond," said the IAPH president. Ningbo and Zhoushan represent the largest port complex in the world. In 2017 the port group handled a total cargo throughput of one billion tonnes. The port complex is part of the maritime Silk Road and has the largest deep-water facilities in China. The port's maritime connections increased substantially after China's Belt and Road initiative. In addition, the port has commenced sea-rail transport services with trains providing services to 30 cities in China as well as countries in central and northern Asia and eastern Europe. The container handling volume of its sea-rail transport is expected to surpass 400,000 TEU this year, a 60 per cent increase compared to 2017. Ningbo-Zhoushan handled 10 million TEU from countries along the Belt and Road in 2017, up 16 per cent compared to 2016.

Port of Rotterdam bringing Pronto app to Singapore, Ningbo

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 As the challenges mount for global shipping, there is a greater need for ever higher levels of efficiency. This was the premise for the setting up of the Port Call Optimisation Task Force, which was driven by calls from major shipping companies such as Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM and Shell for greater efficiency to help them plan their port and shipping operations better. Along with the ports of Algeciras, Busan, Gothenburg, Houston, Rotterdam, Singapore and Ningbo (Zhoushan) and the International Harbour Masters' Association, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and GS1 the task force was set up in 2014 to bring standards from the nautical and logistics sectors together. This will help ensure that the nautical data on board vessels corresponds to the information from the port, as well as the information used in the logistics chains. The Port of Rotterdam explained that within the task force, shipping lines and their agents identified the exact areas in shipping business processes that can be optimised when different types of information are provided and shared. Likewise on the ports side, the port operators and their service providers such as pilots, terminals and bunker suppliers, looked at ways to achieve high quality nautical port data. The international associations were invited to endorse the standards and definitions that the taskforce developed. Standards for vessel call-specific data are being organised through a digital application called Pronto, which has been developed by the Port of Rotterdam. “Standardised communication is a basic condition for a future-proof shipping sector,” asserted Joyce Bliek, the port’s Head of Digital Business Solutions. “Shipping is a global industry. Today’s shipping sector is faced with huge challenges: margins on assets are growing slimmer and the industry is required to cut its CO2 emissions. The more efficiently you can use your vessels, the lower your operational costs and emissions become,” she added. The first version of Pronto was rolled out at the Port of Rotterdam in May, which it claims can help the some 30,000 vessels calling the port every year to cut waiting time by an average of 20%. Port of Rotterdam is now taking this technology to the Asian market where it is partnering with Singapore’s PSA and the Port of Ningbo to roll out the Pronto app in Asia. There is a hope that big ports such as Singapore and Ningbo will be among the first adopters then smaller ports will likely follow. It seems clear that Asian ports and carriers can stand to benefit from initiatives such as Pronto especially as ports in the region’s fast developing economies become busier and more congested. To do so they will have to standardise processes and data submissions and enable them to be conveyed in a digital format. How willing they are to take the necessary measures and how quickly they will adopt the standards remains unclear. Ningbo and Singapore were among the ports selected by shipping lines to participate in the taskforce but they are not using Pronto yet and there is no indication they are as enthused about the app as its creators. Both ports are run by essentially state-owned entities with a single operator dominating ownership and operation of the terminals. They have established certain schemes and solutions of their own to handle port operations. It is uncertain how willing they would be to adopt an external system or provide critical operational information to competing ports. Deflecting the question slightly Bliek said: “The goal is not to come to one single solution. But we do believe that solutions must be compatible by using the same standards.” Bliek maintained however that its app can help customers as well as other ports. “We listened to the needs of our customers. These are global customers and they need global solutions. Shipping lines can gain a lot of efficiency when the nautical data on board of vessels corresponds to the information in ports, as well as the information used in logistics chains,” she said. “For us as the port of Rotterdam we believe that an efficient port starts with reliable information. With the standards as a base, we can not only optimise the services to our clients, but also develop new services that make the logistics chain more efficient,” Bliek added. Pronto provides shipping companies, agents, terminals and other service providers with a shared platform that they can use to exchange information about their port calls,” she concluded.