Port Productivity is Not Improving, Maersk CEO Says
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [JOC] by Peter Tirschwell - February 27, 2015
The fundamental industry problem identified as soon as mega-ships of 10,000 TEUs and above started hitting the waves remains alive and well -- and wholly unresolved.
That is the problem of productivity. There has been little progress in carriers’ and terminals’ ability to get these ships quickly worked and sent back out to sea, resulting in delays to cargo and added costs for carriers. Maersk Line made a point of mentioning the issue in its full-year earnings release on Thursday and CEO Soren Skou discussed it in an interview with JOC.com
“We continue to build ships that are bigger and bigger and if we can’t get the containers off faster the whole thing will ...
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