19 Companies Control Half of World Trade: Who Owns the Ports
19 companies now control nearly half of the world's container traffic, and the hidden cellular modems found inside 200+ Chinese-made cranes at U.S. ports show why that matters more than you think.Global container throughput hit 994 million TEUs in 2025. This analysis breaks down who actually controls the physical infrastructure moving world trade, DP World, COSCO, MSC, PSA, and why the era of ports as purely commercial businesses is over. From a Congressional investigation into undocumented modems hidden inside ship-to-shore cranes, to China's state carriers abandoning Israeli ports…
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