Few Mediterranean ports benefit from mega vessels

Virtually all the major ports in the Mediterranean experienced double-digit growth in transshipment in 2013. Drewry points out that the effect of the large container ships is now starting to show, as the ships concentrate the growth in fewer ports.
BY TOMAS KRISTIANSEN

The major ports in the Mediterranean, together with ports closely tied to the biggest container carriers, experienced the largest growth in transshipment in 2013, according to numbers from Drewry.

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