Tokyo increases market share at the expense of rivals

The Port of Tokyo, the largest in Japan, has increased its market share at the expense of its smaller rivals, according to port data analysis from SeaIntel.

The port’s market share among the country’s top five container ports – the others being Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya and Osaka – was 28% in 2008 but last year had increased to 33%.

Some sources have suggested that this could be down to the largest ships gravitating towards the largest gateways, with JOC reporting similar trends in the United States, where the California giants of Los Angeles and Long Beach are gaining market share from their west coast rivals such as Oakland, Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver.