An infographic released by Drewry Shipping Consultants shows the bigger picture of the impacts that big ships and big alliances are having on the global port and terminal industry.
The big ships themselves are leading to more obsolescence of terminal capacity, with the bigger alliances causing the customer base to become more complex.
Larger ships are putting more pressure on ports and terminals to handle larger volumes, and as a result this is also putting pressure on dockworkers.
Read the latest Technical Paper by Neil Davidson at Drewry on big ships and alliances
(Source: Drewry Maritime Advisors)