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The booming shipping network
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Not since 1956, when a North Carolina truck driver named Malcom McLean created a standard-size container for cargo, has global shipping seen such radical change. Carriers are bigger than ever, ports are becoming automated, and routes are shifting. The volume of goods that move between ports in Asia now accounts for 13% of all seaborne trade, up nearly a third from a decade ago. Routes through the ice-free far north now beckon. While global shipping volumes rose 6.2% in 2011 and port operators were profitable, owners of container ships were hit hard by overcapacity and falling cargo rates. In the latest issue of Fortune magazine..
4 responses to “The booming shipping network”
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Fascinating viz. Is the data behind it public?
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It may be worth underlining the actual source of most of this information:
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/containerships.htmlhttp://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/conc4en/Map_largestcontainerports.html
http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/maritimedomains.html
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nrapp May 18th, 2012 at 15:22
Hosfra was a great source, as well as all the other one noted on page 39:
Sources: IHS global insight; International Chamber of Shipping; Hofstra University Department of Global Studies & Geography; National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis; United Nations Conference on Trade And Development; Containerisation International; Drewry Shipping Consultants; Journal of Commerce; World Shipping Council.
Data on ports were actually provided by the American Association of Port Authorities.
Data on shipping density (blue lines) are courtesy of National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
Marcelo Soares May 14th, 2012 at 15:10