Posted on 04/29/2022 10:19:56 PM PDT by blam
The volume of goods transported around the globe by container ships has increased continuously in recent years.
As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, according to data from the Hong Kong Marine Department shows that ports in Asia, especially in China, are increasingly dominating the industry.
Infographic: The World’s Biggest Shipping Hubs | Statista
In 2005, there were still two European and one North American port in the ranking of the biggest shipping hubs in the world.
In 2021, only Rotterdam remained in the top 10 – in the bottom rank.
Asian ports have grown at a fast rate in recent years. In addition to several Chinese ports, Singapore and Busan in South Korea also make the top 10 ranking. In Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, completely new shipping hubs have emerged.
In contrast to the production of goods, the increases in port size in Asia are not an indication that the Asian port technology itself in more innovative, faster or more competitive. According to experts, the development of port infrastructure simply reflects the growth in trade flows.
Maritime shipping suffered setbacks in the coronavirus crisis as supply chains around the globe were disrupted. Shipping volumes initially declined as factories in Asian production hubs closed down, only to be overstretched as restocking needs in receiving countries caused a shipping boom later in the pandemic.
I remember when we used to make good stuff. We bought most of our junk from overseas.
Ok this is shipping, what about receiving?
If this is shipping and receiving, that says the gooks are just shipping amongst themselves. Mostly.
I don’t believe the US would be this low if they were combined. Our lust for cheap chunk away junk seems to be at an all time high
And then there's this...
Oh it is bad already. Prices for single ship containers has almost tripled. We tried to buy “new” 20’ containers and they are non existent since they are built in China and there are no manufacturers just modifiers in the US.
We use them for storage facilities and our expansion is on hold and our wait list grows.
See you are in Texas. I drive by this place pretty regularly (know nothing about them.) They appear to have lots of containers.
https://www.metrocontainerbrenham.com/home/
Good luck.
Yes I have done business with them. Right now, most containers out there are way beat up
Those ports in China were designed and run by the Brits and other countries in Europe.
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