Panamá: ‘hub’ de redistribución de vehículos
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Panamá: ‘hub’ de redistribución de vehículos
MarineTraffic website and watching cargo vessels (green icons) converging on Shanghai and Hong Kong, lining up to pass between Bali and Lombok, or going up the English Channel; to see tankers (red) debouching from the Persian Gulf, tugs and special craft (turquoise) serving the oil and gas production rigs in the North Sea, and fishing vessels (ligh
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Instead, Antwerp should use its great resource, land around the docks, to attract shipping-related businesses that would do more in Antwerp than just land cargo. As a port executive explained the new rules, “It’s not a game about tons, it’s a game about employment and diversification, and added value creation.”2 Such talk reflected a dramatic chang
... See moreMarc Levinson • The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
United States Lines would achieve what it took to succeed in container shipping: scale. Scale was the holy grail of the maritime industry by the late 1970s. Bigger ships lowered the cost of carrying each container. Bigger ports with bigger cranes lowered the cost of handling each ship. Bigger containers—the 20-foot box, shippers’ favorite in the ea
... See moreMarc Levinson • The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
Whether containerships and containerports have reached their maximum efficient size, or even larger and costlier ships and ports could give rise to yet more economies of scale, making it still cheaper and easier to move goods around the globe, is a question of considerable consequence for the world economy.8
Marc Levinson • The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a new chapter by the author
Even today, it is often cheaper to ship goods thousands of miles by water than to ship them hundreds of miles by land.
Thomas Sowell • Economic Facts and Fallacies: Second Edition
Until we can focus on what actually clears the ports, rail yards and warehouses, and goods can begin to move at a pace that aligns more closely with the growth in consumer demand, there’s nowhere for the containers to go, and the number of ships waiting to unload will continue to grow.