Ningbo Port achieved a net profit of 5.17B yuan last year, with container business continuing to set new records.

On the evening of April 1, Ningbo Port (601018) disclosed its 2025 annual report. Last year, the company achieved operating revenue of RMB 31.02 billion, up 7.41% year over year; attributable net profit to shareholders of RMB 5.168 billion, up 5.63% year over year; net profit after deducting non-recurring items of RMB 4.214 billion, up 7.63% year over year; it plans to distribute cash dividends of RMB 0.9 per 10 shares (tax included).

Ningbo Zhoushan Port (the port area) sits in the midsection of China’s mainland coastline, at the intersection of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road.” To the inside, it connects ports along China’s coasts and covers the most dynamic Yangtze River Delta economic circle on the mainland; to the outside, it faces the busy Pacific main shipping route, boasting a global perspective of “serving the world,” and serves as an ideal hub for transporting cargo from China’s coastal ports to ports across major continents. In the latest released Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index, Ningbo Zhoushan Port again achieved an upgrade and moved up to seventh globally.

The annual report shows that in 2025, Ningbo Port’s cargo throughput was 1.22 billion tons, up 7.2% year over year. Container throughput reached 52.98 million TEUs, up 11.2% year over year. This played a major role in Ningbo Zhoushan Port (the port area) surpassing 1.4 billion tons of annual cargo throughput and exceeding 40 million TEUs of annual container throughput.

During the reporting period, Ningbo Port’s port operations climbed against the trend, with container business continuing to set new highs. The data show that in 2025, the domestic trade business handled 6.82 million TEUs, up 9.1% year over year; the sea-rail intermodal transport handled more than 2 million TEUs, up 11.6% year over year.

Last year, Ningbo Port’s bulk and general cargo business remained stable with improvement. Ore loading and unloading volume was 164 million tons, flat year over year; crude oil loading and unloading volume was 10.011 million tons, up 2.4% year over year; coal loading and unloading volume was 65.08 million tons, basically flat year over year; throughput of liquefied petroleum products was 28.58 million tons, up 0.7% year over year.

As one of the country’s largest terminal operators, the company has the capability to berth the largest vessel types for each major cargo category worldwide. At present, Ningbo Zhoushan Port has built trade channels with more than 600 ports in over 200 countries and regions, and it has opened 309 container routes. Last year, the company also improved service support by launching the world’s first China-Europe Arctic route; the “on-time, cost-reducing container shipping by sea” program was rolled out to 17 shipping companies and 47 shipping routes.

According to the 2026 operating plan, Ningbo Port is expected to complete cargo throughput of 1.25 billion tons and container throughput of 57.65 million TEUs. The company expects to achieve operating revenue of RMB 32.5 billion and a total profit of RMB 7.25 billion.

At the business level, Ningbo Port will fully expand the market and achieve new breakthroughs in driving port production. It will focus on optimizing services and reach new heights in strengthening its hub capacity. It will concentrate on risk prevention and control to demonstrate new results in consolidating its development foundation. It will work hard to drive transformation and forge new advantages in strengthening innovation enablement.

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