East China port sees robust growth in sea-rail transport

The container throughput in sea-rail transport at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in East China's Zhejiang province increased over 33.3 percent year-on-year in 2019, according to the port.

The container throughput exceeded 800,000 twenty-foot equivalent units in 2019, making the port the second largest in the country's sea-rail transport industry after East China's Qingdao port.

The Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has opened 17 sea-rail freight routes covering 15 provincial-level regions across the country.

It port also launched cold chain sea-rail transport and other services to expand its operations.