News / Size isn't always important, especially when it comes to port connectivity

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Shippers looking for more direct calls in the third choice of export ports may do best to consider routing their cargo through smaller ports, rather than the largest container hubs.

Unveiling the results of its port connectivity index today, Drewry Maritime Advisers said that, while the world’s largest container port, Shanghai, was also the most connected – serving all six world regions via 168 weekly deepsea services – in many other regions, secondary ports were very often better connected than their ...