News / Westports the first shipping hub to suffer a downside from alliance reshuffle

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Malaysia’s Westports facilities at Port Klang has lost out to nearby competitors in the ocean carrier alliance reshuffle.

Westport saw an overall volume decline of 3% for the first five months of the year – the first major global hub to reveal the impact of the alliance changes.

In an announcement to the Malaysian stock exchange, Westports disclosed that its throughput for April and May had been “lower than originally expected”, at 1.55m teu.

After reporting a 1% growth for the first three months, compared with the ...