Similarly, the Trans-Asian Railway network comprises 118,000 km of railway tracks, of which 12,400 km are missing. This gap is preventing the network from being a solid basis for the development of international intermodal corridors reaching all corners of the region. While these missing links can be bridged by transhipments to trucks or by developing inland container depots and dry ports with rail connections, shippers are often resistant to using rail because of longer times and higher transhipment costs. The region has yet to realize its full potential. Governments and financing institutions need to be encouraged to increase investment in the sector. Nine out of the top 10 container ports are in the Asia-Pacific region, of which seven are in China.