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The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The 'tepid 20s' continue for container ports

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The 'tepid 20s' continue for container ports

Update: 2024-08-23
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THE headline takeaway from the 2024 edition of the top 100 container port was a second successive year of muted volume growth during 2023 for the biggest container ports.

The total tally of just over 690m teu handled by the top 100 ports represented a 0.8% rise on the previous year, continuing the trend of the ‘tepid 20s’ post-Covid with volume growth only marginal.

Lloyd’s List deputy editor Linton Nightingale spoke to Drewry senior ports and terminals analyst Eleanor Hadland to look back on how the container port sector fared last year and how it has kicked off 2024.

They discussed the factors that could upset the applecart, disrupt the sector and pose a problem for volume trajectory, including potential dock strikes and the result of the upcoming US presidential election…
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The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The 'tepid 20s' continue for container ports

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: The 'tepid 20s' continue for container ports

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