{"id":1882,"date":"2019-10-22T18:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rflcargo.com\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2019-10-22T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:45:15","slug":"container-continues-to-dominate-world-maritime-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rflcargo.com\/en\/container-continues-to-dominate-world-maritime-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Container continues to dominate world maritime trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are currently 28 Port Authorities<\/strong> in Spain that manage 46 ports of general interest. Last year, according to the latest data, exceeded the barrier of 17 million TEUs<\/strong>, a growth close to 8 percent over 2017.
\nThanks to these numbers Spain managed to position itself as one of the world’s great powers in this business<\/strong>, led by Asia, and the second in Europe, only behind Germany.<\/p>\n

Right now the ports of Valencia<\/strong> (5,183 TEUs), Algeciras<\/strong> (4,773 TEUs) and Barcelona<\/strong> (3,473 TEUs) are in the list of the top 50 in the world with the largest movement of containers, while Las Palmas, Bilbao and Santa Cruz de Tenerife are also part of the select group of the Top 200<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RFL<\/a>, which specialises in tailor-made logistics solutions and, as an international transport<\/a> company, takes these variables into account on a day-to-day basis as an ally of foreign trade<\/a>. More considering that Spain has a strategic position as a route for the relevant shipping companies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The route of Asia: the most important<\/h2>\n

The three most important ports<\/strong> in container traffic, according to 2018 data, are: Shanghai<\/strong> (China) with 42,010 TEUs, Singapore<\/strong> (Singapore) with 36,600 TEUs and finally Ningbo-Zhoushan<\/strong> (China) with 26,350 TEUs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In this world ranking, the ten most relevant container ports<\/strong> are located on the Asian continent, and seven of them are in China, which accounts for more than a third of world traffic.<\/p>\n

The first port to change the strong dominance of the East is Rotterdam<\/strong> which managed to move 14.5 million TEUs, 6% more than in 2017.<\/p>\n

Present and future in the container<\/h2>\n

The main trends in container shipping today are:<\/p>\n