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 is completed.
Chuanshan port mostly services container and bulk cargo, as well as LNG and oil products transportation.
At present, the port has ten containers berths, its annual container throughput exceeds 10 million TEU, accounting for around 40% of the total container handling volume of Ningbo-Zhoushan port.
Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted a container throughput of 26 million TEU in 2018, becoming the world’s third largest container port.
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