Belfast Harbour is quietly confident of its role, whatever happens in the United Kingdom’s negotiations with the European Union.

APM Terminals Los Angeles opened Pier 400 in August 2002. Today it is the largest container port terminal in the Western Hemisphere.

The Port of Oakland’s throughput has kept rising this year, up 4.6% over last year, which also saw record numbers.

Amazon’s distribution centre in Chester, Virginia, is able to serve a 500- to 800-kilometre radius within one day.