News / Surging transhipment cargo means SE Asia ports must cooperate, not compete

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The combination of challenges posed by the Red Sea crisis and an early peak season, particularly on the Asia-Europe trades, has changed the nature of competition for transhipment traffic among South-east Asian ports.

Traditionally, the battle for transhipment cargo in the region, a vital transit point in Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean trades, has traditionally been a three-way battle between Singapore, Port Klang and Tanjung Pelepas.

At times it has been fiercely competitive and had implications beyond container supply chains – the decision ...