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Ports & Terminals highlighted
This edition of the GMAP Maritime and Offshore Newsletter, with the theme "Ports & Terminals." In it we describe developments around ports, the gateways for cargo and people. About 3,700 commercial ports operate worldwide, most of them of regional importance, but a few hundred ports are of global importance. focusing on M&A activity in the Maritime & Offshore sector.
Energy transition offers new opportunities
Ports consist of terminals: dry bulk terminals and liquid bulk terminals handle most of the world's cargo, together about 75% of tonnage. Container terminals handle about 13% of tonnage. Although the dry and liquid bulk markets are fragmented, the container terminal market is dominated by several global players.
Like all other maritime sectors, ports are undergoing changes due to digitalization, sustainability and energy transition. Digitalization will improve efficiency and safety and transform port operations.
To meet sustainable standards, ports and terminals will have to make (large) investments. But above all, energy transition offers new opportunities for ports, as import or export hubs for renewable energy or as bunkering facilities of alternative fuels.
This newsletter focuses on the various shipping sectors and highlights the Offshore Wind sector, a thriving sector for a green future.
We hope you enjoy reading our newsletter.
Contact the team personally
Rick ter Maat
Partner
Niklas Kaiser
Consultant Corporate Finance