Box ship building in China hits new heights with 68.5% of global orders
China has become the undisputed front-runner in containership building, with an orderbook, extending to 2030, ...
Life has not been easy for Hong Kong’s freight and transport industries in recent years. As a port, Hong Kong has had to gradually relinquish its place at the top of the container table rankings – first to Singapore and then, gradually but inexorably, to Shanghai. Competition from lower-cost ports and airports in the Chinese mainland has gradually eroded its market share. Nonetheless, Hong Kong’s decline has never occurred as prophesised, due largely to its inhabitants’ endless capacity for economic ...
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