The Shulanghu ore transfer terminal of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province witnessed its cargo throughput breaking the threshold of 100 million metric tons as of March 12, at 106 million tons, a significant milestone in the history of the port. 

Built in May 2013, the terminal started operations on Jan 26, 2016 when it received the first foreign vessel SAVINA.

SAVINA, the first foreign vessel that arrived at the Shulanghu ore transfer terminal on Jan 26, 2016 [Photo/Wechat account: china-zjftz]

Its cargo handling capacity improved so much that a 400,000-ton ore vessel, the world's largest, arrived and discharged cargo at the terminal eight months later.

A 400,000-ton ore vessel, the world's largest, arrives at the Shulanghu ore transfer terminal on Sept 23, 2016. [Photo/Wechat account: china-zjftz] 

YM Rightness, a vessel carrying more than seven tons of ore from Monrovia, capital of Liberia, to Japan, berthed at the terminal on Dec 21, 2018, marking the first step of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in establishing the terminal into an iron ore distribution hub in Northeast Asia.

YM Rightness, a vessel carrying more than seven tons of ore from Monrovia, capital of Liberia, to Japan, berthed at the Shulanghu ore transfer terminal on Dec 21, 2018. [Photo/Wechat account: china-zjftz] 

The terminal now boasts two of the nation's seven berths with the capacity of handling 400,000-ton vessels, and handled nearly 30 such vessels last year.

It is set to maintain stable growth of its cargo throughput this year, and push forward the building of an iron ore distribution hub in Northeast Asia, to drive forward the development of the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Zhoushan.