Intelligence Report · 2026 Edition
2040: Where To Be — Expand and Grow Your Container Terminal Portfolio
It's not easy to know where to be and when. Buying, building or financing a container terminal takes years. This report and interactive tool tells you exactly which markets to target — and why — before your competitors get there.
The Problem Every Terminal Investor Faces
You're evaluating markets with incomplete data — relying on gut feel, fragmented research, and outdated port statistics.
Your competitors are moving faster. By the time you've completed due diligence, the window has narrowed.
You don't know which markets will generate the strongest returns by 2040 — and which are traps.
Internal teams lack the bandwidth to model 140+ country markets against population, GDP, and trade volume projections.
Find Markets With a Container Terminal Deficit
Every country market scorecarded and ranked. A live leader board you can filter by category. See how population growth, GDP, GDP per capita, volume trends and political risk move markets up and down — leverage the online tool to change your own weighting criteria.
Are You in the Right Markets? Want to Expand Your Portfolio or Enter the Market?
Discover Opportunities in Under-Developed Markets
Our analysis maps every significant container port market against projected demand to 2040 — identifying where capacity deficits will create the most compelling investment windows.
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Countries analysed
Every significant container port market assessed against 2040 demand projections
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Markets identified with deficits
Countries where projected container volume will outstrip existing and planned terminal capacity
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Potential new terminals needed
Estimated number of new container terminal facilities required globally by 2040 to meet demand
Four Scenarios Modelled
Current terminal capacity held constant — no new builds, no expansions. Reveals the baseline deficit picture across all markets today.
Conservative GDP and trade volume assumptions. Identifies markets that remain compelling even under subdued global trade conditions.
Base-case scenario aligned to IMF and World Bank trade projections. The primary lens for investment decision-making.
Upside scenario capturing accelerated emerging-market urbanisation and trade corridor development. Reveals the full opportunity ceiling.
Interactive Country Leaderboard
The interactive tool lets you re-weight every scoring criterion — population growth, GDP per capita, political risk, volume trends — and watch the country leaderboard update in real time against your own investment thesis.
All figures are working estimates based on current modelling. Final values will be confirmed in the published report. TBC markers indicate data pending final validation.
What You Get With This Report
2040 Top Target Countries
Every significant container port market assessed against population growth, GDP trajectory, container volume, political risk, and existing/future known terminal capacity providing a deficit leaderboad.
Interactive Leaderboard Tool
Re-weight scoring criteria to match your investment thesis. Watch the country rankings update in real time as you adjust population, GDP, risk, and volume weightings. Toggle on/off scenarios, Transhipment noise.
Four Demand Scenarios to 2040
As-is, low, medium, and high growth projections modelled for every market — so you can stress-test your investment case against multiple futures.
Licence Options
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- Full 140+ country market report (PDF)
- Interactive leaderboard tool access
- Four demand scenarios modelled
- Lifetime access — no subscription
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- Dedicated onboarding call with the Falcon Ports team
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