Liner networks shift away from Asia’s mega hubs

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Container shipping networks are shifting away from Asia's mega hubs as carriers disperse services to smaller regional ports. This reflects a major overhaul in the traditional hub-and-spoke model driven by crisis-related adjustments and strategic changes.

Container shipping’s traditional hub-and-spoke model is undergoing its biggest overhaul in years, with carriers increasingly dispersing services away from Asia’s largest transhipment hubs in favour of smaller regional ports. According to analysis by Sea-Intelligence of the latest UNCTAD Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (PLSCI), what began as a series of crisis-driven network adjustments during the …