China's busiest port, the Port of Ningbo Zhoushan in the eastern province of Zhejiang, maintained its ranking as the world's busiest port in 2022.

In a short announcement, Chinese state media said the Port of Ningbo Zhoushan saw its cargo throughput exceed 1.25 billion tonnes in 2022, ranking first globally for the 14th consecutive year.

Last year's performance was slightly higher than the 1.2 billion tonne cargo throughput recorded in 2021.

In terms of container throughput, the port hit 33.35 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) last year, ranking third globally.

Xinhua said in its report that by the end of 2022, the port's sea routes totalled 300, with an increase of 13 routes from the end of 2021.

Its sea-rail intermodal container transport service also saw robust growth in 2022, handling 1.45 million TEUs for the first time, up 20% over the previous year.