There are many shortcomings behind using CAG for container volume forecasting. First, CAG assumes a steady growth rate where volatility and market changes cannot be effectively captured. Second, CAG is based on a past time series that does not necessarily warrant future expectations. Last, and not least, the time series used to calculate CAG can be selected to skew results according to preferences. The time series of Table 2 (1998 to 2007) were deliberately selected to correspond to the most significant growth in container port volumes. Therefore, the issue is not the errors compounded by the forecasting methodologies, as it remains just a quantitative exercise, but the misallocation and overinvestment that they incite, can lead several segments of the maritime industry in dire financial strain. It is evident that during the decade prior to 2007-2008, growth in the maritime shipping and port industries has incited the most positive forecasting prospects and that methodologies can be very easily bent to rationally provide astounding figures. This perspective can no longer prevail and a new reality for ports and maritime shipping will need to be the order of the day.