Counting “invisible” containers
Alkmaar - Industry analyst Dynamar says 124 carriers are acting as feeder container operators worldwide, deploying an annual trade capacity of 43 million TEUs. Generally, feeder containers do not appear in trade statistics, although they count double in port statistics
Alkmaar - Industry analyst Dynamar says 124 carriers are acting as feeder container operators worldwide, deploying an annual trade capacity of 43 million TEUs. Generally, feeder containers do not appear in trade statistics, although they count double in port statistics.
Dynamar says 20 dominant transhipment ports handle 24 million TEUs of these “invisible” containers, in the 2018 edition of “Transhipment and Feedering 2018 - Trades and Operators - Ships and Hubs”.
Feedering is the first or last maritime leg of an ocean borne container transport where the ports of loading or discharge of the mainline container ship are not the same as the ultimate origin or destination port of the container.