Hong Kong drops out of world's top 10 busiest container ports
Hong Kong fell out of the world’s top 10 container ports last year, for the ...
It is fair to say that with the host of challenges facing the port of Hong Kong – competition from mainland terminals; intra-terminal competition within Hong Kong and the threat of overcapacity; and the dynamically changing landscape of the deepsea container shipping industry itself – development of the port itself has been somewhat neglected. But with congestion at Asia’s second largest transhipment point, after Singapore, fast becoming a fact of daily life, terminal operators and shipping agents are calling on the local government to implement a range of policy measures, including the better rationalisation of port areas, to maintain the port’s position.
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