News / Some box terminals are facing 'catastrophic economic failure', warns analyst

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Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner shipping over the last few years.

At the TOC Europe Container Supply Chain event in Amsterdam today, Lars Jensen, partner and chief executive of liner analyst SeaIntelligence Consulting, warned that with the large number of 18,000-21,000 teu ultra large container vessels (ULCVs) entering the global shipping fleet, the only way operators at hub ports would be able to compete would be to embark on major ...