Drewry: Alliances put pressure on European ports
The large mega alliances among container carriers, P3 and CKYHE, could put the European ports under pressure, as they stand to face new challenges in terms of handling the massive freight volumes from cooperating ships.
BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT
This summer the big ships in the P3 alliance will start operating on three different east-west tradelanes, and this means that massive volumes of Asian cargo will hit the European ports. This could have a serious impact on ports that are not geared to handle cargo volumes of this size, along with ports where intermodal cooperation is less than solid, says Drewry in a new analysis.
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