Ports connected through direct liner shipping
STO-REC-STAT01M2KJT2 National
900
Global · as of 17 Jul 2026
Ports connected through direct liner shipping worldwide stood at 900 as of 17 July 2026 (WSC).
- Publisher
- WSC
- Authority tier
- T2 National
- Locator
- Editors Notes
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
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These ships connect Europe to over 900 ports worldwide, reaching key markets and building important international relationships.
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- APA
- World Shipping Council. (2026). WSC: ETS rightly reinvests more into maritime decarbonisation, but new port rules risk targeting competition rather than emissions. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.worldshipping.org/news/wsc-ets-rightly-reinvests-more-into-maritime-decarbonisation-but-new-port-rules-risk-targeting-competition-rather-than-emissions. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229K
- MLA
- World Shipping Council. "WSC: ETS rightly reinvests more into maritime decarbonisation, but new port rules risk targeting competition rather than emissions." 2026, https://www.worldshipping.org/news/wsc-ets-rightly-reinvests-more-into-maritime-decarbonisation-but-new-port-rules-risk-targeting-competition-rather-than-emissions. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229K.
- Chicago
- World Shipping Council. "WSC: ETS rightly reinvests more into maritime decarbonisation, but new port rules risk targeting competition rather than emissions." 2026. https://www.worldshipping.org/news/wsc-ets-rightly-reinvests-more-into-maritime-decarbonisation-but-new-port-rules-risk-targeting-competition-rather-than-emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229K.
- BibTeX
- @misc{wsc2026ports0d229k, author = {{World Shipping Council}}, title = {WSC: ETS rightly reinvests more into maritime decarbonisation, but new port rules risk targeting competition rather than emissions}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229K}, note = {Original source: https://www.worldshipping.org/news/wsc-ets-rightly-reinvests-more-into-maritime-decarbonisation-but-new-port-rules-risk-targeting-competition-rather-than-emissions. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- World Shipping Council · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- WSC: ETS rightly reinvests more into maritime decarbonisation, but new port rules risk targeting competition rather than emissions
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Editors Notes
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D229K