HANGZHOU — The container throughput of Ningbo-Zhoushan port in East China's Zhejiang province is expected to exceed 3 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in April, a new monthly record, said the port operator.

The figure represents an increase of over 10 percent year-on-year, according to the operator of one of China's busiest port.

In April, the volume of the port's rail-sea transit services reached 135,000 TEUs, an increase of 32.3 percent year-on-year.

The port has taken a series of measures including opening new routes and increasing shipping space to meet the needs of foreign trade enterprises. The number of its container routes hit a record high of 297 last month.