Post by account_disabled on Mar 9, 2024 21:41:59 GMT -6
Approximately 90% of global trade is carried out via sea routes and as the volume of goods exchanged grows, the world's busiest ports continue to develop, innovate and become more efficient.
In fact, in just the last 4 years, the average annual container volume of the 50 main ports in the world grew by more than 7%, reaching 5.89 million units per year.
These are the 20 ports that register the most traffic according to the latest data from the World Shipping Council:
Based on volume, only 5 of the 20 largest ports are located outside Asia.
From pens to industrial components Ecuador Mobile Number List with high added value, the world's factory, China, floods the international market with its products, playing a determining role in the global supply chain. The necessary logistics network that this implies places China in an influential and determining position in world trade. For this reason, this country has made efforts over the last decade to consolidate itself as a leader in the control of maritime logistics.
Although the Danish shipping company Maersk continues to be the largest in the world by volume of operations, more and more movements of goods by sea take place in ports controlled by China in one way or another and today around two Thirds of total maritime traffic takes place in Chinese or Chinese-financed ports.
A clear example of this is the port of Shanghai, which has grown by 71% in the last decade and other Chinese ports such as Xiamen or Guangzhou, which have recorded an average growth of 30% in their merchandise traffic in the last four years.
China is clear that openness and international trade are the key to success, prosperity and power. For this reason, she has launched the largest project in the history of the world economy, known as the New Silk Road. This involves a large investment in infrastructure, ports, airports, highways, telecommunications networks, etc. which is expected to be ready in 2049 to commemorate the centenary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
This project clearly has the ultimate objective of guaranteeing the consolidation of China as the main geopolitical actor. This consolidation involves absolute control of trade routes to guarantee the output and distribution of its products throughout the world while ensuring stability in the supply of raw materials that it lacks and so much needs (especially energy resources). ).
This large and influential project results in the Chinese acquisition of the main port and land enclaves involved in the New Silk Road. As part of this strategy, the companies COSCO, China Merchants or China Investment Corp. backed by the central government, have taken control of strategic ports such as those of Piraeus (Greece), Melbourne (Australia), Hambantota (Sri Lanka) or Gwadar (Pakistan).
Clearly, in the next decade the main world ports will once again be under Chinese domination.