The shifting sands of economic activity are being mirrored in the development of the ports industry with terminals in emerging economies beginning to rise in the rankings as regional ports become more important.
Alphaliner’s annual list of top 30 ports has seen Dubai replace Rotterdam in the top ten, an event that owes more to Rotterdam’s declining volumes than Dubai’s growth, while Tanger Med has overtaken Hamburg in the listing.
Predictably, six of the top ten ports are Chinese, with the...
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