Container terminals will take any minor efficiency win on their side, even if it comes at the cost of massive efficiency loss for truck transporters. It's optimizing for a local maximum. The market is structured in such a way that it is hard to correct for that, since the relation between trucking companies and container terminals is very indirect, and customers can't directly compare.
Also while shipping is a competitive market, the market for ports is not. You're either in a location or not. There are not hundreds of container terminals in a single port in competition because of economies of scale.
(The market for trucking companies IS competitive however, meaning that if you have to err on 'protecting' either party, you should probably pick that one)
Also while shipping is a competitive market, the market for ports is not. You're either in a location or not. There are not hundreds of container terminals in a single port in competition because of economies of scale.
(The market for trucking companies IS competitive however, meaning that if you have to err on 'protecting' either party, you should probably pick that one)