At around 4 a.m. on October 15, the Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.'s "Kai Ping" ship carrying 154 standard boxes of auto parts, refrigerators, daily necessities and other goods set sail from the Daxie Xinye Port in Zhoushan, Ningbo, heading towards Busan, South Korea. This means that the Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.'s "Ningbo-Zhapu-Busan" Container Transportation Route has been officially opened, and also marks the addition of strong vines to the sweet potato economy in Jiangbei.

The Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.'s "Kai Ping" ship departs from the Zhoushan Port in Ningbo.

It is reported that the "Ningbo-Zhapu-Busan" Container Transportation Route is another RCEP container route tailored for foreign trade enterprises in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai by the Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd., a leading enterprise in the port and shipping service industry in our district, and ore companies and Jiaxing Port Affairs. It is planned to operate on a weekly basis.

In recent years, the Ningbo Ocean Shipping has always regarded expanding its near ocean routes as its advantage for high-quality development, vigorously opening up near-ocean routes covering Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other regions. This year, it has successively opened new routes such as the "Taicang-Zhapu-Ningbo-Haiphong", "Ningbo-Zhapu-Hiroshima", "Ningbo-Manila" and so on, and comprehensively optimized and upgraded the routes connecting Thailand, and Vietnam.

Relying on the core hub port advantages of the Ningbo Zhoushan Port, as well as its dense and complete water transfer and distribution network system, the Ningbo Ocean Shipping has closely integrated the domestic and foreign trade container shipping mode and direct shipping service mode, strengthened cargo collection efforts, woven a dense route network, expanded service scope, and steadily improved its market influence. The opening of the "Ningbo-Zhapu-Busan" route this time is not only a practical measure to promote the upgrading and expansion of the near-ocean route, but also a concrete action to assist the group's "Double First-Class" construction.

Ningbo Ocean Shipping Co., Ltd.'s "Xin Ming Zhou 80" vessel docks at the Zhapu Port in Jiaxing.

It is worth mentioning that the "Ningbo-Zhapu-Busan" route is also the first direct sea route from Jiaxing Zhapu Port to South Korea. After the opening of this route, polyester yarn, non-woven fabric and other goods from foreign trade enterprises in northern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu and surrounding areas can be transported from the Jiaxing Port to the Busan Port in South Korea in just over one day. This is of great significance for improving logistics efficiency and reducing logistics costs for foreign trade enterprises in northern Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu and surrounding areas.