Hub ports face a future of challenges following P3 shake-up

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At the top of the global container port rankings China’s Pearl River Delta port of Shenzhen has eclipsed Hong Kong at the three quarter stage of the year to move up to third processing 17.28m teu in the first nine month compared to its rival’s 16.34m teu.

Hong Kong has been losing ground to its mainland competitor over the past few years ending just 170,000teu ahead in 2012, but the crippling 40-day strike from March until May, when thousands of containers ...