TRANSHIPMENT AND FEEDERING: TRADES AND OPERATORS, SHIPS AND HUBS

摘要

Whatever happens, shipping will remain. Small feeder ships will follow the big mainline vessels, but large hub or gateway ports will feature different sizes of feeder vessels. Mainline ships, particularly those in the Europe-Far East trade, have grown exponentially, but the largest oneson order will measure 23,300 TEU and are expected to arrive before 2020. Feederships will also increase in size as long as feeder ports let them. However, freight movement by rail or truck will take over if growing call sizes require more feeder space than the feederport can accommodate.