Corps report: Lack of post-Panamax berths in South

Central America

Friday, June 22, 2012

A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers highlights a "lack of post-Panamax capacity at U.S. Gulf and South Atlantic ports – the very regions geographically positioned to potentially be most impacted by the expected changes in the world fleet." Space on post-Panamax containerships will account for 62 percent of the world container capacity by 2030, up from 45 percent today, and will call U.S. ports in increasing numbers, said the Corps in the study ordered by Congress las...

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