Six Chinese ports in the first ten place of the ranking 2012 of the world-wide ports of call container



The data of the volumes enlivened from the main Chinese ports container in the entire the 2012 confirm the position of these ports of call in classify of the first ten world-wide ports container that moreover shows - regarding the ranking of 2011 - the income of the port of Tianjin to the expenses of the port of Rotterdam: the Chinese port of call occupies in fact the tenth step having which climbed over the Dutch port that is degraded in eleventh position.

The port of Shanghai confirmation own enlivened world-wide leadership having in 2012 beyond the 32,5 million one container teu, with a progression of 2.5% regarding the year precedence. After Singapore and Hong Kong, that they occupy respective second and the third position, the port of Shenzhen has confirmed to the quarter place with a total of 22,9 million teu, with an increment of 1.6% regarding 2011. Behind of the South Korean port of Busan, newly in fifth position, three Chinese ports are others: Ningbo-Zhoushan, Guangzhou and Qingdao, that they have enlivened 16,8 million teu (+14.3%), 14,7 million teu (+2.2%) and respective 14,5 million teu (+11.4%). It follows Dubay in ninth position and therefore the new entry Tianjin that last year has totaled a traffic of 12,3 million teu (+6.1%) regarding 11,9 million teu enlivened from the port of Rotterdam.

This downgrading is not sure to worry the port of Rotterdam, fort of its prominence in the European harbour market and of its uninterrupted inclusion in the main international marine routes. However the Dutch port of call is always to the search of initiatives in order to increase own competitiveness to continental and world-wide level. The last one is announced today by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, that a new campaign has launch in order to strengthen the brand "Port of Rotterdam all over the world". The Harbour Authority has explained that for the first time the port of Rotterdam will be introduced with a brand that represents all the harbour community, to the standard of the slogan "Change your perspective". To case the initiative is not inaugurated by Steven Lak, the new president of Deltalinqs, the association that reunites the companies of the port of Rotterdam, in occasion of the dinner anniversary of the entrepreneurial organization. "We want - the managing director of the Port of Rotterdam has explained Authority, Hans Smits, in the course of the evening - than the enterprises continue to engage itself for our port. We enjoy an excellent Unique Selling Position already, graces for example to our positioning and the depth of the backdrops, but in order to maintain our position of leader we need also of a good history. We have estimated this that returns the port of Rotterdam regarding the other ports only and has looked for something that genres also you appear of reflection. Rotterdam is able to look every time to the industry and the logistics in different ways. With the constant search of various perspectives we have new intuitions, we create opportunity and we reach turned out. The more recent example is, naturally, the area Maasvlakte 2, where we satisfy the question of greater spaces in the port of Rotterdam in advanced and sustainable way. And we make it together, as a harbour community, Port of Rotterdam".