Why should lines own ports?

摘要

With the liner shipping industry seemingly perpetually in the midst of a cash crisis, Crusader Consulting's Stephen McDonagh outlines his thoughts on why shipping lines owning some of the container port facilities at which they call would boost their profitability. There are now many investors in container ports around the world. The most significant are the major stevedores and terminal operators such as Hutchison Port Holdings, P&O Ports, ICTSI, PSA Corp, Stevedoring Services of America, and so on. Perhaps second in line are the port users. Examples tend to highlight the major players such as Maersk, Sea-Land, American President Lines, Evergreen, Uniglory and Yangming. In many instances their interests tend to be dedicated facilities, although this is not always the case.