News / Will bigger ships and more transhipment compromise terminal efficiency? Discuss

27/06/2014

Port congestion has started to creep back onto the agenda when talking container terminals at supply chain conferences. With bigger ships significantly adding to the exchange of boxes per call, there is a growing requirement for seamless landside and transhipment operations.

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Mukul Ghildiyal
August 04, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Well, if the slots are not full and the ship does not steam at reduced speed , the freight rate would not hold.So where does the economy of scale ends being economical – there is no win win situation.Drip feeding from terminals has probably increased. Another reason for congestion.

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