Overcapacity at Chinese ports forecast to worsen

Xiamen and Dalian expected to suffer considerable oversupply

Mike Grinter - Friday 20 February 2009

EXCESS capacity at China’s container ports is estimated to reach 35m teu by 2010, a new report from AXS-Alphaliner has suggested.

The most extreme examples of oversupply will appear at the northeastern ports of Xiamen and Dalian, where total capacity in 2010 is predicted to be 114% and 100% respectively of the demand in 2008.

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