Assuming the deal goes through, it will create the world's largest container port operator, overtaking Hong Kong's Hutchison Ports .

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China Merchants Holdings, the country's largest publicly traded container port operator, said volumes this year may exceed 2008's level, according to a recent Bloomberg report.

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Its 29 ports around the world would help Singapore's PSA, the second-biggest container port operator in the world, to gain ground on the industry leader, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

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Its 29 ports around the world would help Singapore's PSA, the second-biggest container port operator in the world, to gain ground on the industry leader, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. of Hong Kong.

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The largest operator of container ships, AP Moller-Maersk ( AMKAF ) , has such an advantage, since they own approximately half of the ships they operate.

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Through the 2 companies, Li is world's largest operator of container terminals, world's largest health and beauty retailer by number of outlets, a major supplier of electricity to Hong Kong and a real estate developer.

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In Canada, the port of Prince Rupert is about to announce a deal with an international terminal operator to invest several hundred million Canadian dollars to allow its rudimentary facilities to handle Asian container trade, says the port's chief executive, Don Krusel.

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