Container Terminals: Paths to Profitability

A new study by Remco Stenvert and Andrew Penfold

The container revolution has both facilitated and driven globalisation. The transfer of production to low-cost regions and increasingly complex supply chains have been the major factors generating trade growth. There are risks with this system. Increased protectionist pressures are directly impacting on growth and calling this model into question. This uncertain background is combining with technical shifts in container shipping and ports to multiply risks and place pressure on trading margins. The levels of risk are now as high as those that followed the Financial Crisis.

This new study – Container Terminals: Paths to Profitability – develops new forecasts, trends and scenarios for future demand development for the period to 2030.