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Home » As port throughput shrinks, spending slows on container port expansion plans

As port throughput shrinks, spending slows on container port expansion plans

Under pressure from pandemic, capacity expansion will contract at least 40% over the next five years, Drewry says.

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August 3, 2020
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The pace of container port capacity expansion is forecast to contract at least 40% over the next five years in the wake of the Covid-19 induced slowdown in port throughput, according to a report from the U.K. shipping consultancy Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.

Global container terminal capacity is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 2.1% over the next five years, equating to an additional 25 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) a year. This is well below the capacity growth seen over the past decade, when the average annual increase was more than 40 million TEU a year, Drewry said in its latest “Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Review and Forecast” report.

As a result of the pandemic, operators and port authorities are actively reviewing delivery of planned projects in the light of the drastic slowdown in economic growth and uncertain short-to-medium-term outlook, the firm said. “Our five-year forecast for global container port handling has been cut back drastically due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the risks remain heavily weighted to the downside,” Eleanor Hadland, author of the report and Drewry’s senior analyst for ports and terminals, said in a release. 

Port throughput is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 3.5% over this period from 801 million TEU in 2019 to reach 951 million TEU by 2024. But risks remain to this outlook should a resurgence in Covid-19 cases cause further widespread economic lockdowns over the forecast period.

“Major expansion projects and greenfield projects that are already under construction and due for commissioning in 2020 and 2021 may face minor delays due to interruptions to global supply chains during 1H20,” Hadland said. “However, for projects which are currently at an earlier stage of planning, particularly where construction contracts and equipment orders have not yet been tendered, suspension or cancellation is more likely if market conditions remain poor.”

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The pace of container port capacity expansion is forecast to contract at least 40% over the next five years in the wake of the COVID-19 induced slowdown in port throughput, according to Drewry's latest report.. #container #Ports read more: https://t.co/uyQ0TEJ94c pic.twitter.com/0Oa3k4zMqD

— Drewry (@DrewryShipping) August 3, 2020
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