Comments on: World’s Busiest Ports http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202524 cvienne Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:46:16 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202524 Actually... karen might have a 6th sense about my above coment... She was the first to point out the move in the BDI last week... Actually…

karen might have a 6th sense about my above coment…

She was the first to point out the move in the BDI last week…

]]> By: cvienne http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202522 cvienne Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:38:25 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202522 Now they need to create a list of how many of those container ships captains & crew are just floating in the harbor with their hands on their dicks, versus the ones whose crews are actually delivering plastic toys with lead paint to be delivered to the little brats of two income (soon to be ONE income families)... Now THAT would tell us the story of TRUE commerce... Now they need to create a list of how many of those container ships captains & crew are just floating in the harbor with their hands on their dicks, versus the ones whose crews are actually delivering plastic toys with lead paint to be delivered to the little brats of two income (soon to be ONE income families)…

Now THAT would tell us the story of TRUE commerce…

]]> By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Fact Of The Day http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202465 Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Fact Of The Day Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:37:02 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202465 [...] The world’s busiest ports as ranked by container volume (in thousands of units): [...] [...] The world’s busiest ports as ranked by container volume (in thousands of units): [...]

]]> By: Thor http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202242 Thor Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:16:35 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202242 I would agree that LA/Long Beach should be considered one port - We don't see them as two separate ports here in SOCAL. That would leave us with the top 5 port complexes in the world trading good between China and the US - makes sense to me. . . . I would agree that LA/Long Beach should be considered one port – We don’t see them as two separate ports here in SOCAL.

That would leave us with the top 5 port complexes in the world trading good between China and the US – makes sense to me. . . .

]]> By: rdavis http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202218 rdavis Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:10:55 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202218 Isn't there any more recent data to compare? Some 2008-9 stats must be available. That would tell us something useful. Isn’t there any more recent data to compare? Some 2008-9 stats must be available. That would tell us something useful.

]]> By: jrm http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202213 jrm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:52:15 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202213 I couldn't help doing the maths. 75% of the 2007 volume was in Asia. It was 73% in 2004. So decoupling was a myth. There has not been a boom in commerce between Asian countries. I couldn’t help doing the maths.

75% of the 2007 volume was in Asia. It was 73% in 2004.

So decoupling was a myth. There has not been a boom in commerce between Asian countries.

]]> By: call me ahab http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202205 call me ahab Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:22:57 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202205 jnutley- how about Hong Kong and Shenzhen- right next to each other- although Shenzhen is in China proper jnutley-

how about Hong Kong and Shenzhen- right next to each other- although Shenzhen is in China proper

]]> By: Chtulu http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202193 Chtulu Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:42:27 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202193 Oddly enough, while I know where Port Klang is, the name sounds as if it should be three parsecs from Deep Space 9. Oddly enough, while I know where Port Klang is, the name sounds as if it should be three parsecs from Deep Space 9.

]]> By: johnz http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202188 johnz Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:23:45 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202188 It would seem that the volume leaving the FarEast greatly exceeds the volume arriving in Europe and America. Without seeing the data I would have believed that the totals would somehow have matched up. That must mean that there is a lot more shipping between the Asian countries than I would have suspected. It would seem that the volume leaving the FarEast greatly exceeds the volume arriving in Europe and America. Without seeing the data I would have believed that the totals would somehow have matched up. That must mean that there is a lot more shipping between the Asian countries than I would have suspected.

]]> By: jnutley http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/worlds-busiest-ports/comment-page-1/#comment-202182 jnutley Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:02:37 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=32193#comment-202182 The difference between Los Angeles and Long Beach is _very_small_. Put together they'd be the 5th largest port in the list. Should any of these other ports be combined, due to sharing a single metro area? The difference between Los Angeles and Long Beach is _very_small_. Put together they’d be the 5th largest port in the list. Should any of these other ports be combined, due to sharing a single metro area?

]]>