What are ship size developments?

Even larger containers vessels of up to 14,000 teu (i.e. Suez-max) are forecast to enter service before 2012. Continuing trend towards, larger ships is driving shippers to look for deep-water port locations. Increasing vessel sizes, requires specific infrastructure, handling capacity and hinterland throughput garanties. The draught and other infrastructure demands of such vessels are expected to be too much for many established smaller ports.