NEA puts Northern Europe on top
Research commissioned by leading European ports has found that Northern seaports offer the most efficient route for container transport into a large part of the central European hinterland.
Seaports located in the North of Europe have four times the container throughput of the principal ports competing along the Southern coastline of Europe, according to the research conducted by the independent transport research agency, NEA.
The report’s five point conclusion found that “cargo generation and attraction rates are higher in the Northern Continent; Europe’s physical geography strengthens the position of the Northern ports; scale economies in the maritime networks linked to the Northern European ports are extending their competitive hinterlands further to the South; the ability of the Northern main ports to combine transhipment and hinterland functions contributes further to the scale effect; and from an environmental perspective, large container ships are less polluting in terms of CO2 per tonne kilometre”.
The analysis was carried out on behalf of the Ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
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