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. Once you 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
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MOIC over hold
Equity gain
—
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.