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Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan
Ningbo, China29.87°N 121.85°E
computed criticality28/100
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≈1.37 Gt of cargo, world's No. 1 (2024)
2024Fault line
The world's largest port by tonnage for sixteen years running, it channels ores, energy and containers for the Yangtze industrial belt. Its congestion or closure, as in the 2021 terminal shutdown, ripples through global supply chains within days. A concentration of flows without equal on a single harbour.
Actors
Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group
COSCO Shipping Ports
Zhejiang authorities
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