15/04/2015at 11:44

Lower growth in the world's ports

The world's ports experienced a gradually declining growth in 2014. This development is caused by factors such as continued weak recovery in global economy and trade along with the downturn in the dry bulk market, reports Shanghai International Shipping Institute.

by DANIEL LOGAN

Throughput growth in the world's ports declined steadily last year as the global economy and trade only experienced a slight and gradual recovery.

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