In 2018, dry bulk carriers spent around two days in port during a port call, while container ships spent a median time of 0.7 days. A shorter time in port is usually indicative of a port's higher efficiency: highly mechanized liquid bulk operations in the ports of Singapore and the Netherlands, for example, allow for shorter stays. The median time spent in ports by liquid bulk carriers was 0.5 days in the Netherlands, less than half the median time in Turkey.
Median time spent in port by commercial ships in the leading 15 economies worldwide in 2018, by country and market segment
(in days)
The source adds the following information: "To avoid any distortion by outliers of the results of the analysis, UNCTAD
statistics report on the median time – not the average time – as
the latter may be influenced by a few exceptional cases of ships
being detained or staying longer than planned for other reasons."
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UNCTAD. (November 1, 2019). Median time spent in port by commercial ships in the leading 15 economies worldwide in 2018, by country and market segment (in days) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101596/port-turnaround-times-by-country/
UNCTAD. "Median time spent in port by commercial ships in the leading 15 economies worldwide in 2018, by country and market segment (in days)." Chart. November 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101596/port-turnaround-times-by-country/
UNCTAD. (2019). Median time spent in port by commercial ships in the leading 15 economies worldwide in 2018, by country and market segment (in days). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101596/port-turnaround-times-by-country/
UNCTAD. "Median Time Spent in Port by Commercial Ships in The Leading 15 Economies Worldwide in 2018, by Country and Market Segment (in Days)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101596/port-turnaround-times-by-country/
UNCTAD, Median time spent in port by commercial ships in the leading 15 economies worldwide in 2018, by country and market segment (in days) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101596/port-turnaround-times-by-country/ (last visited May 28, 2020)
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