News / Strong peak season brings demand for boxships, but the scrapheap may grow

13/08/2014

The world’s cellular fleet capacity reached 17.98m teu in August, with container tonnage in lay-up representing only 230,000teu, just 1.28%, according to the latest data compiled by Alphaliner.

Strong demand, a good peak season and more ships needed because of port congestion delays are boosting demand, ...

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