News / Container terminals are a better bet for investors than their box line customers

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A rapid increase in the size of containerships and the formation of larger vessel-sharing alliances is creating “unprecedented challenges” for container terminals around the world, according to a new report.

But the box handling facilities themselves remain a good bet for investors.

Shipping consultancy Drewry has just published its 2015 Global Container Operators Annual Report, in which it says that the rising port demand associated with “ever-larger vessels” is the driver for terminal operators to make significant investments in additional handling capacity.

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