Posts Tagged ‘port’

Back in 2006, I wrote a few posts commenting on China's multiple ports, including the newest project at Yangshan near Shanghai. On my most recent trip to Shanghai earlier this month, I took the opportunity to personally visit Yangshan's Deepwater Port and ask questions about its progress and success, especially in the face of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). I recommend first reading what I wrote in 2006: Previous posts on China's ports One of the concerns early on with Yangshan was whether it would: too directly compete with Shanghai's existing ports, be too far for transport of goods exported from the mainland or goods imported to the mainland, build in too much capacity, contributing to lower utilization across all ports, etc. My personal visit to Yangshan helped to alleviate some of these concerns, but need to be reconsidered in the face of impacts resulting from the GFC. Full story