If the container shipping business has not yet turned the corner, then it is in much deeper trouble than anyone thought.

Container terminal operators in China are discovering to their dismay that their greatest strength over the last decade has rapidly become their biggest weakness.

There is just one quarter left of this wretched year and certain port bosses in the region will be feeling the stomach butterflies beginning to flutter.

China may be making the front pages, but there are significant projects coming online in Vietnam’s port sector.