Small boxships squeezed out by newbuilds
CONTAINER lines may be running out of options to control the impact of large boxships now entering service by switching smaller ships to other trades.
The number of 8000 teu boxships deployed on the Pacific has grown enormously in recent years as vessels of this size were replaced in the Asia-Europe trades by the new generation of super post-panamaxes.
Clarkson Research estimates that 65...
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