The Box That Makes The World Go Round

Currently global transportation is one of the last few unhindered aspects of globalization, meaning the sky  is the limit in terms of profits.  However staticians believe that within the following years, demand will drop below what production can offer…meaning prices will go down!  How sad.  Currently Europe appears to be the biggest players in the transportation business with 4 out of the 5 biggest corporations being, well, European. 

 More than 3,500 ships are in shipping products in the oceans today, with about 15,000,000 containers going all over the world.  Many harbors are currently under pressure and are unable to keep up with the overload of containers needed to be taken off the huge ships and transported on land.  Germany’s Hamburg Harbor alone, has grown 14% when it predicted 6 to 7%.  Hopefully a balance can be found in the near future.

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