News / Insurance warning as bulk carriers rush to cash in by carrying containers

06/09/2021

Taiwan’s Franbo Lines has joined a number of other bulk carrier owners hoping, amid tight boxship availability, eyeing lucrative charters to carry containers on their ships.

Franbo Lines’ vice general manager Lin Cheng-he told local media that out of its 18 bulk ships, five had container ...

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