According to the Port Authority, China’s Ningbo port has recorded 16.9M Twenty foot Equivalent throughput in the month of November, which exceeded 12% of the total teu for the year 2013.

This growth in the cargo production rate is the result of Ningbo port’s expansion strategy of transportation of container from northern Chinese ports to Ningbo. Also the promotion strategy to promote sea-rail transportation to inland provinces.

According to the President of Ningbo port, for further development of its sea-rail transport, the port is planning to spend CNY4Bn.

Ningbo port manages 277 containers which includes 113 international routes and it is estimated that it will handle a total of 18M teu in the end of the year 2014.