Colombo capacity crunch adding to container line woes
Container lines are facing severe capacity problems at Sri Lanka’s Colombo port, as they reshuffle ...
When the 18,270teu Mary Maersk sailed from Algeciras, Spain on 21 July, it set a new world record for the highest number of containers ever loaded on a ship, at 17,603teu. The vessel on its back-haul eastbound voyage was however laden with just over 50% of empty containers for repositioning. Nonetheless, Maersk is confident that it will not be too long before the Triple-E ships are full to the gunnels westbound – a frightening thought for its smaller competitors.
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