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www.marinelink.com 59 looking at possible solutions. Others are talking about it but haven’t really started to tackle the issue yet. However, many of the traditional ports lack the physical pos- sibilities (in terms of size, depth, fi nance, etc.) to make the changes required to en- able them to cater for larger vessels and increased capacity. As a consequence, offshore hubs along parts of the West and
East African coasts are a solution: in the
Guinea–Liberia region for the export of minerals; in the Cameroon–Gabon re- gion for containers; and in Mozambique for bulk. The benefi ts are massive. We’ve predicted that the savings in investment and operational costs could add up to be- tween 40 to 50 percent.
Similar developments can be seen on the East Coast of the U.S. Due to the same cascading effect and the fact that the biggest container vessels can sail direct via the Suez Canal straight to the
U.S. East Coast, an option that is rapidly developing as an alternative for the New
Panama Canal. The route via Suez has a greater degree of freedom in terms of ship sizes, especially when the planned increase in two-lane capacity is ready.
The big question now is if and how quickly the U.S. East Coast ports can
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Due to the same cascading effect and the fact that the biggest container vessels can sail direct via the Suez Canal straight to the U.S. East Coast, an option that is rapidly developing as an alternative for the New Panama Canal.
The route via Suez has a greater degree of freedom in terms of ship sizes, especially when the planned increase in two-lane capacity is ready.
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