Released on = April 14, 2007, 12:16 am

Press Release Author = Bharat Book Burea

Industry = Marketing

Press Release Summary = Containerport demand growth in the Americas has accelerated
in recent years. Booming imports from Asia and the above-average economic growth of
western US states have put particular pressure on ports on North America's Pacific
seaboard.

Press Release Body = Containerport demand growth in the Americas has accelerated in
recent years. Booming imports from Asia and the above-average economic growth of
western US states have put particular pressure on ports on North America's Pacific
seaboard. There are concerns about the capacity of these ports and intermodal
systems to handle continued long-term growth in demand. The expansion of Panama
Canal capacity and increases in all-water services to the east coast will provide an
alternative route. The development of Mexican ports could provide another.

This complex combination of factors is analysed in this new study. It provides
forecasts of North American containerport demand to 2020, based on the expected
economic expansion of regional hinterlands and anticipated market shares of each
port range, including the Mexican Pacific.

Containerport demand in Latin America and the Caribbean has also expanded strongly,
particularly in Brazil, where recently privatised port operations have difficulty
keeping up with the strength of the country's exports. Further growth in these
markets will be spurred by the continued expansion of relay and hub-and-spoke
transshipment centres on both sides of the Central American isthmus.

The study analyses both import/export and transshipment markets, and provides new
forecasts of containerport demand in Latin America and the Caribbean.

An \"increased-risk\" scenario is included to reflect the possibility of protectionist
measures or other shock to trade, brought about by concerns about the US trade
deficit.


The overall outlook is, nevertheless, for strong long-term demand growth, based on
regional economic expansion and increasing transshipment demand.

The major regions covered in Containerport Markets in the Americas to 2020 are:

North America:
▪ Pacific North ▪ Atlantic North ▪ US Gulf Coast ▪ US
Pacific South ▪ Atlantic South ▪ Mexican Gulf Coast ▪ Mexican
Pacific

Central America/Caribbean Basin:
▪ Caribbean islands ▪ Other Caribbean basin ▪ Central American
Pacific

South America:
▪ Atlantic ▪ Pacific

On the supply side, current investment projects and plans are 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 port range, in terms of TEUs per metre of container quays,
and TEUs per quayside container gantry crane.

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