Container traffic for ports more rollercoaster than thought

Containers have gained prominence in the major ports of the range, and container traffic is usually considered the main driver in the rise of their volumes. But this is far from being a story of continuous growth. And years of downturns are not at all exceptional. Notteboom makes that clear by analysing the results in that segment of ports in the Le Havre-Hamburg range over the past 30 years.