{"id":531020,"date":"2026-06-12T04:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/531020\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:52:14","slug":"chinas-ports-are-by-far-the-most-efficient-in-the-world-world-bank-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/531020\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s ports are by far the most efficient in the world: World Bank study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s ports continued to dominate global efficiency rankings in 2025, with seven Chinese trade hubs placing in the top 10, according to a study by the World Bank and S&amp;P Global released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The latest edition of the annual report comes at a time when ports are playing a more vital role in the global economy than ever, as facilities strive to handle intense disruptions to global supply chains amid the aftermath of the Red Sea crisis and the ongoing fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Launched in 2020, the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) compares the efficiency of more than 400 ports around the world by measuring how long vessels spend in each trade hub on average, as a longer processing time indicates a higher chance of delays and supply bottlenecks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s ports once again led the way in terms of efficiency last year, with Fuzhou in the southeastern Fujian province claiming top spot, followed by Dalian in northeastern China in second place and Oman\u2019s Salalah port in third. Hong Kong placed ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Ningbo in China\u2019s eastern Zhejiang province provided a good example of how Asia\u2019s ports had been able to navigate <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3310445\/china-us-container-bookings-soar-nearly-300-after-trade-war-truce?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fluctuating global supply chain stresses<\/a>, with the facility able to maintain stable ship turnaround times due to its robust capacity, automation and operational discipline, the report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s ports continued to dominate global efficiency rankings in 2025, with seven Chinese trade hubs placing in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[174],"tags":[79,381,228767,148957,228768,179,18,221218,4202,19,17,8820,132533,18113,3037,228770,30739,228769,172144,13180],"class_list":["post-531020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-china","tag-container-port-performance-index","tag-dalian","tag-east-and-south-asia","tag-economy","tag-eire","tag-fuzhou","tag-hong-kong","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-middle-east","tag-ningbo","tag-north-american","tag-oman","tag-red-sea-crisis","tag-sp-global","tag-salalah-port","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran","tag-world-bank"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116735348343379901","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}