Container ports face up to age of maturity

摘要

HEALTHIER volume growth in 2017 has offered some much-needed respite to container ports following two consecutive years of tepid gains, but this uptick in fortunes will likely prove to be an anomaly. Demand growth is expected to be moderate next year and box ports will have little choice but to face up to the reality of a steadily maturing sector. Sustained, strong growth levels seen earlier this century are a distant dream, as developing markets become ever more developed and untapped regions ever more scarce, even if the slowdown has come a little earlier than many anticipated.