{"id":106,"date":"2018-05-24T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2018\/05\/24\/highest-gains-predicted-for-port-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:42:21","slug":"highest-gains-predicted-for-port-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/container-cargo-handling\/highest-gains-predicted-for-port-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHighest gains\u201d predicted for port infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Coherent Market Insights\u2019 Port Infrastructure Market – Global Industry Insights, Trends, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2016\u20132024<\/em>, this growth is mainly due to proliferation of sea trade and major infrastructural development investments in the emerging economies of the Asia Pacific and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Globalisation has led to more emphasis on international trade activities \u2014 which has in turn led to a significant rise in spending for the development of transport facilities including waterways, the analysis claimed.<\/p>\n

Challenges and chances<\/strong><\/p>\n

The study said that energy and container ports construction are anticipated to witness big demand during the 2017\u20132025 forecast period.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnprecedented investment\u201d in container hub building and containerised cargo upgrading have occurred, while large-scale ventures for fuel handling are expected to see significant demand, with a focus on fuel handling including coal, oil or gas.<\/p>\n

An increasing fuels requirement \u2014 prominently in emerging economies like China and India \u2014 will deliver a solid growth platform through the forecast timeframe.<\/p>\n

The analysis also claimed that effective waste management is \u201ca major challenge\u201d for port infrastructure market players and that rising worries about cargo operations\u2019 environmental effects and the need to establish efficient waste management are anticipated to present a major growth issue.<\/p>\n

These facilities need a lot of space and a big workforce to build and manage smooth operations, with this leading to socioeconomic consequences including village relocation and slum formation nearby that can negatively affect growth prospects. Yet, because of these factors, greenfield project development will \u201cdraw considerable attraction\u201d for the port infrastructure market due to a lack of imposed constraints ahead of ventures.<\/p>\n

Geopolitical factors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geopolitical issues in South Asia are predicted to \u201cdrive the port infrastructure market\u201d, the study also said.<\/p>\n

Major South Asian economies are increasingly investing in facilities to boost their Indian Ocean influence and to access resources and possible high-growth markets in the Middle East and Central Asia. However, the often congested and outdated docks in certain nations have led to heightened trade in Japan and China\u2019s advanced shipping facilities.<\/p>\n

Growing competition among countries with big coastlines, especially in the Asia Pacific, to establish regional superiority is anticipated to cause a \u201chighly lucrative\u201d growth environment for the world port infrastructure market.<\/p>\n

Additionally, according to the study, rising Latin America investments to strengthen commodity exports, improve transport and meet local consumer demands will offer \u201csignificant growth opportunity\u201d over the forecast timeframe.<\/p>\n

A substantial amount of the region\u2019s anchorages and terminals need upgrading, creating a high-growth prospect for the area\u2019s port infrastructure market.<\/p>\n

The analysis also said that most of the big-budget building ventures are lined up by the Gulf Cooperation Council for annexation of shipping activities in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The port infrastructure market is projected to see the highest gains through 2017 to 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-container-cargo-handling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}