Photo: Qingdao Port The new global Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit, ranks Yokohama, as the world’s most efficient port ahead of King Abdullah Port, Saudi Arabia and Qingdao, China.
The index finds that Asian container ports are the most efficient in the world, dominating the Top 50 spots.
Despite being the highest ranked European port Algeciras in Spain is at position 10 in the index. Colombo in Sri Lanka is the top-ranked port in South Asia at 17th place and Mexico’s Lazaro Cardenas leads the Americas at 25th.
Canada’s Halifax is the only other North American port in the Top 50. Djibouti, in 61st place, is the top-ranked African port.