It is reported that Ningbo Port posted a 23.4%YoY growth in cargo throughput in the third quarter to 102.04 million tonnes, China Securities Journal reports.For the first nine months, it handled 287.6 million tonnes of cargo an increase of 18.5%YoY or 82.9% of its annual target. In addition, the port recorded a 13.5%YoY growth in container throughput to 4.18 million TEUs while container throughput for the first three quarters was 11.57 million TEUs up by 14.9%YoY.
At present, the company has a total of 239 container shipping routes, 11 more than it had at end 2010. During the third quarter, the port loaded 16.4 million tons of ore and 10.87 million tons of coal up by 14.4 % YoY and 29.4%YoY respectively.