Shipping and Port Management: A complete guide to evolution and importance of Ports and Shipping Industry for International Trade

In a global context, the role of seaports as centers for trade activities contributes to strengthen the development of the multimodal transportation system by fostering the increase of cargo networks. The international transportation gives special attention to competitive factors such as ports’ infrastructure, quality and spectrum services provided, ports’ capacity to manage large cargo volumes in a timely manner, cost, and efficiency. Furthermore, hubs and transshipment terminals continuously improve their network to fulfill new roles in global supply chains due to the tremendous growth of containerized cargo at main transportation routes.It is well known that logistic activities provide the link for the efficient flow of the traffic of goods and smooth the operations and handling of cargo. Ports are the main nodes in the maritime transit network.