Ningbo Port is a modern, comprehensive, multi-functional port with berths of all levels, including 5 port areas: the old port of Ningbo, Beilun, Zhenhai, Daxie and Chuanshan. The whole port area is made up of river ports, estuary harbors and sea ports.
 
Owning the most large and ultra large deep-water berths in mainland China, Ningbo Port is mainly engaged in stevedoring, transferring, warehousing, logistics of containers, iron ore, crude oil and liquid chemicals, coal, etc. Currently, there are 191 operating berths including 39 large berths of over 10,000 DWT.
 
In 2008, the cargo throughput in the port increased by 10.63%, and that of container increased by 15.8%, topping 10 million TEU and becoming another 10-million-TEU world port. Taking advantage of the largest Archipelago in China, Zhoushan Archipelago, which is a perfect location for a deepwater port, seldom seen in the world, now Zhoushan Port has developed into a port with the most large and ultra large deepwater berths and the most various deep water coastal areas. Ningbo Port has the first 300,000 tons artificial all-weather deep-water channel in China. Integrating the port resources of Ningbo Port and Zhoushan Port, and joining the two together for a world-class port, is an important step for the strategy of developing provincial economy with the strong port and shipping industry. Facing the difficulties caused by global financial crisis and weak foreign trade market, Ningbo Zhoushan Port tries to expands the scope of throughput through satellite ports and non-water ports and other measures, while cooperates with neighboring ports to reduce systemic risks. With the completion of Hangzhou Bay Bridge, South Jiangsu becomes a new hot area for port industry. As Ningbo Zhoushan Port continues to develop, and the bank credit line is lifting, and the port enters capital market, all these help to secure funds, meaning another opportunity is waiting before.
 
Ningbo Port sits at the T-shaped junction of routes at mid China's coastline and the Yangtze River Delta. It is a rare deep-water port of China, enjoying unique natural conditions. Surrounded by Zhoushan Islands, the port area is sheltered from strong winds and waves. There is no freeze or silt within the port area. The entry channel is normally over 30 meters deep with the shallowest at 18.2 meters deep. Large ships up to 250,000 DWT can navigate freely and those of 250,000 to 300,000 DWT may come and leave at tide. Ningbo Port is a port that receives the most ultra large ships of more than 100,000 DWT in China.
 
The Port of Ningbo boasts all dimensional transport networks and has a very developed hinterland. The transport networks consist of water-water transit, expressways, railways, air and pipeline.
 
The railways extend to dock aprons and connect the country's railway network, making the transited trade with Port of Ningbo very convenient. The great Hangzhou Bay under construction is to be completed in 2007. It will reduce the drive time from Ningbo to Shanghai to 2 hours, and drive time to South Jiangsu Province and the North Zhejiang Province will also be greatly shortened.
 
The Port of Ningbo boasts the first-class container terminals, with best facilities, environment and services. The berths of 4,465 meters long is 13.5 ~17meters deep at dock apron, equipped with 46 bridge cranes with a maximum outreach of 58~65 meters and large container yards. They are the state-of-the-art container terminals of China and can meet the operation needs of container vessel with over 8000 TEUs. Now it has opened 147 seagoing container routes, with monthly voyages totaling 670; among them 69 are trunk lines, which account for 70% of the total, ranking the third in Mainland China, only next to Shanghai and Shenzhen.
 
The Port is committed to guarantee quality, safety and scheduled run for all the container liners. With EDI system set up, the average efficiency for a single bridge crane is 53.3 TEUS per hour at the maximum and the maximum efficiency for a whole ship is 364.8 TEUS per hour.
 
During the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the Port shall further develop the deepwater advantages and focus on container business. It shall bring into further play of the advantages in deepwater, service, mechanism, logistics and human resources, and implement the expansion strategy, brand strategy, strategy of vitalizing the port with science and technology, open strategy, coupling development of land and port and sustainable development. It is aimed to be a first-class international deep-water hub port and a main line port for ocean-going container transport, and an outer deep-water port for Shanghai International Shipping Center.
 
Meanwhile it will also be developed into the leading logistics port of Ningbo and Zhejiang. It shall set up five transport systems of container, crude oil, mineral ore, liquefied chemicals and coal, as well as a platform for logistics information. By2010, the cargo throughput is expected to reach 350 million tons, container throughput 11 million TEUs.