Ningbo Zhoushan Port receives and unloads over 100,000 tons of bulk nickel hydroxide

Category: Ningbo District
Published: Monday, 10 October 2022 18:25

Recently, the cargo ship "Ocean Charm" unloaded 8,879.6 tons of nickel hydroxide imported from Indonesia at Zhenhai Port area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port and left Ningbo waters. This marks the imported nickel hydroxide through the bulk nickel hydroxide waterway transportation in Ningbo Zhoushan Port has exceeded 100,000 tons.

Nickel hydroxide is one of the most important raw materials for new energy batteries, and it is also indispensable in electroplating, stainless steel and other fields. In recent years, with China's vigorous promotion of carbon neutral and carbon peaks and the rapid development of domestic new energy manufacturing industry, the market demand for nickel hydroxide sources has been rising, and the smelting production lines of relevant enterprises overseas have been put into operation one after another, which gradually open up import channels from foreign mines to domestic production bases.

In order to receive and unload bulk nickel hydroxide, Zhenhai Port area has completed the work of port operation qualification, port operation price declaration and contract signing for the foreign trade import of this new cargo since this year, and finally opened the first bulk nickel hydroxide water transportation route in Ningbo Zhoushan Port in May this year.

In the same month, with the cargo ship "Yuhe" from Poso Port, Indonesia carrying 9500 tons of nickel hydroxide berthing at Zhenhai Port, Ningbo Zhoushan Port made a breakthrough of receiving and unloading bulk nickel hydroxide