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Maritime hubs

Finance Maritime Ports Attractiveness Overall
Ranking Shipping
& Law Technology & Logistics & Competitiveness ranking

1 Singapore London Busan Singapore Singapore Singapore

2 Athens New York Singapore Shanghai Rotterdam Rotterdam

3 Tokyo Oslo Oslo Rotterdam London London

4 Shanghai Singapore Shanghai Ningbo Copenhagen Shanghai

5 Hamburg Tokyo London Hamburg Hamburg Oslo

and Attractiveness and Competitiveness cate- Table 2:
gories. However, it ranks tenth in Finance and The overall ranking of the top shipping centres by service
Law and does not lead in any of the pillars. Source: Leading Maritime Cities 2024
London reclaimed the top spot in Maritime
Finance and Maritime Law from New York. In
the overall ranking, Shanghai remains in fourth
place, but Oslo overtook Tokyo to take fifth place.
Below the top five, there are significant changes
compared to a few years ago. For example, Hong
Kong, which was in fourth place in 2019, dropped
to twelfth place this year, although it ranks fourth
in the ISCDI Report. Athens has also lost ground
in the overall ranking, although it still ranks sec-
ond in the Shipping pillar. The reason Athens
is not at the top lies in the general perception
that it primarily serves shipping companies of
Greek interests rather than international shipping
entities. Consequently, the report notes, com-
panies of foreign interests are shifting towards
other emerging centres, such as Singapore and
Dubai. In fact, despite the war and unrest in the
region, maritime centres in the Middle East have
strengthened their position. Dubai improved its
overall position from the previous edition of the
report, coming in eleventh. Abu Dhabi made the
most notable leap, moving up ten places (from Table 3:
32nd to 22nd). As the Leading Maritime Cities The top five maritime centres
Source: International Shipping Centre
report notes, this is the result of strategic public Development Index, Leading Maritime Cities
policies and consistent investment, which make
the city a pole of attraction for talent and com- Ranking ISCDI LMC
panies.
According to the experts participating in the 1 Singapore Singapore
report, Singapore is expected to remain the world’s
leading maritime city for the next five years, while 2 London Rotterdam
Shanghai is anticipated to strengthen its position
and take second place. The leading city in the 3 Shanghai London
European region is Rotterdam, with London and
Oslo ranked as the leading contenders. Addition- 4 Hong Kong Shanghai
ally, experts predict that Dubai will rise in the rank-
ings and enter the top 5 in the coming years. 5 Dubai Oslo

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