Surging traffic at transhipment hubs hits container supply chain efficiency
The world’s largest container transhipment hubs are tottering under the weight of their own success, ...
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By Mike Wackett
The port of Hamburg’s terminals handled 8.3m teu last year, 5.1% fewer containers than in the previous year at 8.3m teu, after throughput plummeted 12% in final quarter.
Indeed, volumes at the three major North European container hubs of Rotterdam, Antwerp-Bruges and Hamburg continue to fall ...
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