Transport · Ports

What flows through a container port — and how it pays

Watch vessels berth, ship-to-shore cranes work the boxes, and containers move through the yard to road and rail. That throughput converts into two revenue tills — marine (vessel) charges and higher-margin cargo & landside income — which together drive the port's EBITDA and, in turn, its value. Adjust the drivers: the flows (per-year cash) and the stocks (yard fill and valuation) respond live.

2.0m TEU
£80
£22
LIVE
Containers (TEU) the throughput Marine £ dues, pilotage, berth Cargo & landside £ handling, storage, rail/road Operating cost
Flows — annualised from current assumptionsper year
Revenue p.a.
£0
£0 / hr
EBITDA p.a.
£0
0% margin
Revenue / TEU
£0
blended yield
Throughput p.a.
0
0 TEU / hr
Stocks — what the flows accumulate intolive
Containers in yard now
0
live yard occupancy (TEU)
EBITDA banked · session
£0
accumulating in real time
Implied enterprise value
£0
at 14× EBITDA
The two tills — where revenue comes from Total £0 p.a.
Marine
Cargo & landside
Why investors watch the split: marine charges are vessel-driven and broadly stable, while cargo & landside income (handling, storage, logistics, property) is higher margin and scales with trade. Winning throughput and lifting revenue per box is the core value-creation lever — and it flows straight through to enterprise value.
Revenue streams£0 p.a.
Operating costs£0 p.a.
Investment case — should you buy it?DCF returns

Year-1 financials flow live from the simulation above: revenue £0 and EBITDA £0 p.a. Set your deal terms below — the unlevered IRR (asset return) and levered IRR (return to equity, after debt) recompute instantly.

Operating

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Valuation & hold

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y

Financing

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Unlevered IRR
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asset / project return
Levered IRR
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return to equity
Equity multiple
—
MOIC over hold
Equity gain
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exit equity − invested
Equity cash-flow profile£m · ■ invested   ■ returned
Projection — £m per year

Illustrative model. Annual figures assume 24-hour operation × 365 days. EBITDA = revenue − operating costs. The investment case is a simplified DCF: unlevered IRR discounts free cash flow to the firm (EBITDA − cash tax − capex) plus an exit on the EV/EBITDA multiple; levered IRR is the equity cash flow after debt drawn at entry, interest and amortisation. Excludes transaction costs, working capital and refinancing. For illustration only — not investment advice, and not any specific asset.