er, what does volume of traffic or harbor size have to do with efficiency? And a larger number of smaller ships in Rotterdam seems harder to process, so that wo

er, what does volume of traffic or harbor size have to do with efficiency? And a larger number of smaller ships in Rotterdam seems harder to process, so that would count in favor of LA. The ideal metric would be $ cost per container; we don't have that in the article, but he does talk about containers per crane, which while not perfect, is at least relevant.