Released on = September 11, 2006, 3:24 am

Press Release Author = Bharat Book Bureau

Industry = Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary = Mumbai, India - Sept 11 - East Asian Containerport Markets
to 2020 analyses the development of containerport demand in East Asia and provides
new forecasts to 2020. It includes an "increased-risk" scenario to reflect the
possibility of a protectionist or other shock to trade.

Press Release Body = The pace of growth in the East Asian containerport markets has
been dramatic in recent years. Is this growth sustainable? Exports from China to the
US and Europe are underpinning the growth of China's manufacturing industry and
drawing in imports of raw materials and intermediate products from other parts of
the world, in turn providing the earnings for other countries to import more
consumer goods too. But, China's exports to the developed countries are not balanced
by equal flows of imports from these regions. The US trade deficit with China, in
particular, is causing concern and raising the possibility of protectionist
measures. Unless trade flows are brought into balance through better management of
exchange rates and the domestic US economy, the likelihood of a short-term shock to
trade is increased.

East Asian Containerport Markets to 2020 analyses the development of containerport
demand in East Asia and provides new forecasts to 2020. It includes an
"increased-risk" scenario to reflect the possibility of a protectionist or other
shock to trade. The outlook is, nevertheless, for continued strong demand growth
focused on exports from China driving deep-sea, intra-regional and transshipment
trades, and increasing import demand driven by the growing prosperity of the
region's developing countries. Transshipment has been a major aspect of world
containerport demand in recent years. East Asian Containerport Markets to 2020
provides detailed analysis and forecasts of the development of regional
transshipment markets and examines the driving forces in each transshipment region.
On the supply side, the position of current investment projects and plans is
reviewed in detail. The resultant prospective development of port capacity is
quantified to 2015. This provides the basis for comparing demand and supply, in
order to identify potential surplus capacity or shortfalls. The level of capacity
utilisation will indicate the likely direction of container handling prices.

Containerport productivity is analysed by country or territory, in terms of TEUs per
metre of container quays, and TEUs per quayside container gantry crane.

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