Established in June 1998, zhejiang shipping exchange is a state-owned enterprise affiliated to ningbo Zhoushan port group, which is specialized in providing shipping trade and supporting service platform for domestic and foreign shipping enterprises and shipowners.

Over the years, Zhejiang shipping exchange insists on expanding service and business models, and improves the service capacity of "ship property right transaction, ship sale, ship auction, state-owned property right transfer, ship evaluation, technical consultation, ship inspection, ship import and export agency, shipping information and ship price index". Integration of financial insurance, maritime arbitration, crew services and other resources. At the same time, by the help of Internet technology, increase market share, expand and strengthen domestic and international markets.

Zhejiang shipping exchange is the first ship trade organization that published by ministry of transport of the people’s republic of china. The annual turnover of ship trade once exceeded 5.5 billion RMB, and the annual turnover of more than 1,000 ships, and won a number of national, provincial and municipal honors.

As a key state-owned platform of Zhoushan New Area in Zhejiang, zhejiang shipping exchange has actively invested in the development and construction of the New Area, played an important role in the free trade zone’s construction, river-sea combined transportation service center and international maritime service base. Expanded service functions and extended industrial chain, to further accelerated the development of modern shipping service industry.