Chapter 12: Container shipping: beyond the era of maturity?
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Monograph Chapter
Published:
04 Mar 2020
Page Range:
192–209
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976640.00016
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This chapter analyses the evolution of the container shipping sector and considers whether the market can now be considered mature, and, if so, what comes next, drawing on traditional theoretical concepts relating to market cycles and economies of scale. The life cycle theory is applied to the container shipping sector, demonstrating that the sector is at the stage of maturity; but whether it will decline or be reinvigorated is open to question. Finally, the chapter considers whether the current challenges to the sector will lead to a new phase or to a decline.

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Cover Geographies of Maritime Transport
Geographies of Maritime Transport
Monograph Book
Published:
04 Mar 2020
Print ISBN:
9781788976633
eISBN:
9781788976640
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788976640
Pages:
400
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2020
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