In 2023, the top five ports in terms of container throughput were all located in Asia, underscoring the region’s dominance in the shipping industry. This geographic concentration highlights Asia’s growing influence and strategic importance in the maritime sector.
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Container News recently conducted an in-depth comparative analysis of five major Chinese container ports: Shanghai, Qingdao, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Ningbo.
The objective of the analysis was to assess the relative competitiveness of these ports using key indicators – Data from open sources, such as UNCTAD and various national statistics, were used to construct these indicators, revealing important trends shaping China’s shipping sector.
This composite index, which merges Port Throughput and Port...
Container xChange, an online container trading and leasing marketplace, is alerting the global container trading and leasing community to the serious repercussions of the recent explosion aboard the Yang Ming vessel YM Mobility at Ningbo Port, China.
This incident, which has led to the closure of one of the world’s busiest container terminals, is expected to have significant ripple effects across global supply chains, especially on the main trade lanes out of Asia.
On August 9, 2024, a container...
One of Yang Ming Marine Transport’s ships suffered an explosion today (9 August), while berthed in Ningbo, China.
Video footage taken by office workers in a nearby office building shows smoke billowing from the ship.
The Ningbo Maritime Search and Rescue Centre said the 6,589 TEU YM Mobility was berthed in Ningbo’s Beilun terminal and was carrying hazardous goods.
None of the crew on the 2011-built YM Mobility and the port...
https://container-news.com/container-explodes-on-yang-ming-ship-in-ningbo/
From January to May 2024, Chinese ports handled a container throughput of 132.8 million TEUs, marking an 8.8% increase year-on-year.
During the same period, Shanghai Port’s container throughput reached 20.9 million TEUs, reflecting an 8.6% year-on-year rise, while Ningbo Zhoushan Port handled 15.8 million TEUs, a 6.5% year-on-year increase.
Beibu Gulf experienced the highest increase in container throughput from January to May, growing by an impressive 19.1% year-on-year, indicating significant...
https://container-news.com/chinese-ports-handle-133-million-teus-in-2024-so-far/
Container volume at China ports rose by 4.8% in the January-August period, compared to the same months last year.
The container throughput of Chinese ports was 203.7 million TEUs, while for the same period, the cargo volume of major Chinese ports was 11.1 billion tons, translating to an 8.4% rise year-on-year.
The following table mentions cargo and container throughput data from China’s twelve major ports.
As seen in the table, the port of Shanghai has maintained its dominance, being the busiest...
In the first six months of the year, the overall container volume of major Chinese ports rose 4.8% compared with the same period in 2022, reaching approximately 150 million TEUs.
At the same time, the overall cargo volume of the Chinese ports was around 8.1 billion tonnes in the first half of 2023, translating to a decrease of 8% year-on-year.
The following table includes cargo and container throughput data for China’s twelve major ports:
The port of Shanghai...
https://container-news.com/major-box-ports-in-china-close-to-150-million-teus-during-2023-h1/
The overall container volume of major Chinese ports rose 4.7% in 2022, compared with 2021 box volume, reaching 295.9 million TEUs.
Additionally, the overall cargo volume of the Chinese ports climbed to 15.685 billion tons in the previous year, translating to a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.
The following chart shows the cargo throughput and container throughput data of the twelve major ports in China.
As seen in the table, the port of Shanghai has maintained...
The Ningbo Zhoushan Port has already surpassed 1 million TEUs from the beginning of the year. The major Chinese container hub handled 1.05 million TEUs from 1 to 10 January, translating to a 10.75% year-on-year increase.
Meanwhile, on 10 January, the Ningbo Zhousan Port received two giant container vessels, MSC Zoe and Merry Maersk each with over 18,000 TEU capacity. The following day, a total of 10 container ships were berthed in the port area of Punjab with 45 bridge cranes, 122 gantry cranes...
Ningbo Zhoushan port has moved container volumes of more than 31.08 million TEUs from 1 January to 27 November 2022, reaching the total box throughput of the last year.
According to the major Chinese container port, since the beginning of this year, the port has overcome the impact of adverse factors such as the spread of the global epidemic, the uncertainty caused by the conflict between Russia and...
https://container-news.com/ningbos-box-throughput-exceeds-total-container-volume-of-2021/