Top 50 Global Container Ports

Brazilian fruit and coffee exporters seem to be among those worst hit by the strike.

Customs officials listed a series of arbitrary rate actions by carriers and terminals on direct port delivery cargo handling and called for stricter regulations to create transparency across the supply chain.

The intra-Asia trade continues to grow, attracting new services from carriers in the region.

Do not expect the automation wave to engulf US marine terminals anytime soon.

The JOC port call data cover 879 terminals at 500 ports globally.

The latest JOC port productivity data show call sizes continued to increase globally through the first half of 2017.

A time slot booking system has been launched at Hamburg as the port tries to smooth out the spikes caused by increasing mega-ship calls.

Local shipping sources in JNPT told JOC.com that some vessels have been stranded at berth or at anchorage.

Despite its draught restrictions, the Port of Hamburg delivered Europe-leading reliability through the peak August to October period.

Hamburg's HHLA is the latest Europe port to post a strong increase in container throughput with 2017 shaping up as a good year.

This “cost-effective” means to transferring containers is used primarily for heavy shipments.

The port of Rotterdam has consolidated its position as Europe's leading container port after several years of sluggish growth.

Diversion routes in Germany are also out of service because of engineering work, threatening further delays at Europe’s top container port.

The stagnant traffic was also due to the delay in deepening the river Elbe.

The three Hamburg terminals posted an 11.8 percent increase in traffic to 3.4 million TEU.

Europe’s leading ocean container hub handled 6.7 million TEU in the first six months of 2016.

Hutchison said it continues to be impacted by ongoing structural consolidation within the container shipping industry and a consequent rationalization of services.

Total throughput increased 2.8 percent to 111.4 million metric tons.

Prior to the collapse of the national shipping line, Busan was poised to supplant Hong Kong in global port rankings.

Overall throughput increased 1.5 percent.

Container traffic at the port of Rotterdam grew 8.8 percent in the first three months of the year, the biggest ever quarterly increase.

Rotterdam maintains a significant lead over Antwerp.

2016 was one of the wildest years in container shipping history, and with the industry in such a dynamic state, 2017 will likely hold its own surprises.

The new alliances are likely to have only a limited effect on productivity and the number of services available to shippers at North Europe ports.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals handled over 2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units for the first time ever in 2016.

Southeast Asia’s port scene is incredibly dynamic, and 2017 will be a year of significant changes with big implications for shippers.

Reliance on growth from an ever-expanding pie of box volumes growing in the high single or double-digits is a thing of the past for Chinese ports.

DP World increased its shareholding in the largest Busan container terminal.

The Port of Antwerp handled 10 million 20-foot-equivalent units for the first time in 2016, extending a growth trend that will further boost its market share in the highly competitive Le Havre-Hamburg port range.

Hong Kong received a timely and stark reminder of the precarious position of its container port via a study from one of its main private business schools.

Malaysia’s Westports said net profit rose in the third quarter on the back of strong revenue growth.

HHLA’s earnings edged slightly higher in the first nine months of the year.

Rotterdam announced a dip in its container traffic in the first nine months of 2016, just days after its top rival Antwerp booked an increase to further close the gap with Europe’s top box hub.

The Brazilian Ministry for Transport, Ports, and Civil Aviation has decided to privatize dredging operations at the country’s top three ports of Santos, Paranagua, and Rio de Janeiro.

Terminal operators are hit by weak global trade and ongoing structural changes.

The Port of Rotterdam is aiming to expand its reach into the central European hinterland via containerized rail.

"In certain cases the costs of upgrading will not be worth it, and you will likely see some facilities abandoned.”

The top ports of each continent owe their success to a number of factors unique to their geography, global trade patterns, corporate management, and state support.

China’s main ports booked strong year-over-year growth in container throughput in August, fueling speculation of a possible trade recovery.

After devastating flooding forced the closure of South America’s largest port and cast doubts on the viability of dredging plans so it can handle mega-ships, one consultant thinks he has come up with a solution.